Decibel! wrote: > On Apr 11, 2008, at 10:25 AM, Alvaro Herrera wrote: > > Sorry, yes, I'm behind on email... :( > > > If MD5 values will be your primary data and you'll be storing millions > > of them, it would be wise to create your own datatype and operators > > with > > the most compact and efficient representation possible. > > > If you do this *please* post it. I really think it would be worth > while for us to have fixed-size data types for common forms of binary > data; MD5, SHA1 and SHA256 come to mind.
Why do you think it would be worth while? -- Bruce Momjian <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> http://momjian.us EnterpriseDB http://enterprisedb.com + If your life is a hard drive, Christ can be your backup. + -- Sent via pgsql-performance mailing list (pgsql-performance@postgresql.org) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-performance
