Greg Stark wrote: > On Thu, Oct 21, 2010 at 4:49 PM, Bruce Momjian <br...@momjian.us> wrote: > > One thing we have talked about is converting the page on read-in from > > the backend. ?Since the timestamps are the same size as float or > > integer, that might be possible. > > Did we have a solution for the problem that understanding which > columns are timestamps requires having a tuple descriptor and parsing > the every tuple? That seems like it would a) be slow and b) require a > lot of high level code in the middle of a low-level codepath.
Yep, that's what it requires. It would rewrite in the new format. -- Bruce Momjian <br...@momjian.us> http://momjian.us EnterpriseDB http://enterprisedb.com + It's impossible for everything to be true. + -- Sent via pgsql-hackers mailing list (pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-hackers
