On Tue, 2011-06-07 at 11:15 -0400, Tom Lane wrote:
> Merlin Moncure <mmonc...@gmail.com> writes:
> > right. hm -- can you have multiple range type definitions for a
> > particular type?
>
> In principle, sure, if the type has multiple useful sort orderings.
Right. Additionally, you might want to use different "canonical"
functions for the same subtype.
> I don't immediately see any core types for which we'd bother.
Agreed.
> BTW, Jeff, have you worked out the implications of collations for
> textual range types?
Well, "it seems to work" is about as far as I've gotten.
As far as the implications, I'll need to do a little more research and
thinking. But I don't immediately see anything too worrisome.
Regards,
Jeff Davis
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