Re: TOAST docs

On Fri, 2002-09-13 at 17:26, Jan Wieck wrote:
> "scott.marlowe" wrote:
> > I think I saw some docs in the
> > 
> > /usr/local/src/postgresql-7.2.1/src/backend/access/heap/tuptoaster.c
> > 
> > file on my box.  :-)
> > 
> > Actually it is pretty well commented, so I'm not just being a smart ass
> > here.
> 
> Inline comments are not exactly what I call "documentation", but
> thanks for the flowers anyway.

But this is how most of backend is "documented" ;)

> Hannu is right though, that there are ways to tweak the behavior
> by running the risk to currupt your system catalogs (read:
> manually updating it). Originally I had in mind to add some
> administrative utilities that give a safe access to these
> settings ...

I quess the quickest/easiest and most universal (immediately usable by
"other" admin utils) would be a set of pl/pgsql or sql functions.

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Hannu