Re: Combining Aggregates

On 17/12/14 11:02, Atri Sharma wrote:
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> On Wed, Dec 17, 2014 at 3:23 PM, Simon Riggs <simon@2ndquadrant.com
> <mailto:simon@2ndquadrant.com>> wrote:
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>     KaiGai, David Rowley and myself have all made mention of various ways
>     we could optimize aggregates.
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>     Following WIP patch adds an extra function called a "combining
>     function", that is intended to allow the user to specify a
>     semantically correct way of breaking down an aggregate into multiple
>     steps.
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> Also, should we not have a sanity check for the user function provided?

Looking at the code, yes, there seems to be XXX comment about that.


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