Re: Gsoc2012 idea, tablesample

Stephen Frost <sfrost@snowman.net> writes:
> * Heikki Linnakangas (heikki.linnakangas@enterprisedb.com) wrote:
>> Another idea that Robert Haas suggested was to add support doing a
>> TID scan for a query like "WHERE ctid<  '(501,1)'". That's not
>> enough work for GSoC project on its own, but could certainly be a
>> part of it.

> I don't think Robert's suggestion would be part of a 'tablesample'
> patch.

Yeah, I don't see the connection either.  It seems more like this
would be a localized hack in tidpath.c and nodeTidscan.c.  I think
it'd be a neat beginning project for somebody, but it's not really
related to the GSoC project as proposed.
        regards, tom lane