Subject: Index tuple tree pointer vs object pointers

From: "Schenkelaars.V.F" <[email-masked]>
Date: Fri, 21 Aug 92 9:57:08 MET DST

Dear Postgres group,

When adding a new access method, I bumped into the following problem. 
How do I distinguish a tree pointer from a object pointer in an index tuple.
In the R-tree only one type does exsist for every node, but in my
access method the Reactive-tree, a tree node can contain both 
object pointer as tree pointers. Is there some mechanism to distinguise these?

Greetings,

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