On Fri, Jun 30, 2006 at 12:45:13PM -0500, Jim C. Nasby wrote: > > If people agree to a generic 16-byte type, or a hex type with defined > > fixed length with a set of standard functions and index operators that > > it should work for, but nobody more qualified wants to make the patch > > - I'll step up. > > I think it'd be extremely useful to have a means of defining > fixed-length hex types, such as UUIDs and hashes (ie: SHA1). I usually > only see people trying to do the same thing for CHAR in poorly-designed > systems, but I suspect anyone dealing with legacy stuff might welcome > that ability as well.
It would also be possible to provide two functions called hex_raw_in() and hex_raw_out() that people could use like so: CREATE TYPE uuid ( input = hex_raw_in, output = hex_raw_out, INTERNALLENGTH = 16 ); Where these input/output functions would work for any given length, so the 16 could be replaced by any number, or even -1 to make a variable length type... Have a nice day, -- Martijn van Oosterhout <kleptog@svana.org> http://svana.org/kleptog/ > From each according to his ability. To each according to his ability to > litigate.
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