Tom Lane wrote: > Bruce Momjian <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > >> (In related news, how about filling up the oid/relfilenode numbers with > >> zeros on the left, so a directory listing would reflect the numerical > >> order?) > > > Yes, hex may be interesting as a more compact, consistent format. We > > need to change the docs so oid2name and queries convert to hex on > > output. > > I don't really see the value-added here. If we had made this decision > before releasing 7.1, I'd not have objected; but at this point we're > talking about breaking oid2name and any similar scripts that people > may have developed, for what's really a *very* marginal gain. Who cares > whether a directory listing reflects numerical order?
I don't see the big value either, just brainstorming. -- Bruce Momjian | http://candle.pha.pa.us [EMAIL PROTECTED] | (610) 853-3000 + If your life is a hard drive, | 830 Blythe Avenue + Christ can be your backup. | Drexel Hill, Pennsylvania 19026 ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 1: subscribe and unsubscribe commands go to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
