Re: Block-level CRC checks

Kevin,

> md5sum of each tuple?  As an optional system column (a la oid)?

I am mainly an application programmer working with PostgreSQL. And I
want to point out an additional usefullness of an md5sum of each
tuple: it makes comparing table-contents in replicated / related
databases MUCH more feasible.

I am in the process of adding a user-space "myhash" column to all my
applications tables, filled by a trigger on insert / update. It really
speeds up table comparison across databases; and it is very helpfull
in debugging replications.

Harald


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