X-Original-To: pgsql-hackers-postgresql.org@localhost.postgresql.org Received: from localhost (av.hub.org [200.46.204.144]) by svr1.postgresql.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 53F3DDA372; Thu, 6 Oct 2005 07:44:07 -0300 (ADT) Received: from svr1.postgresql.org ([200.46.204.71]) by localhost (av.hub.org [200.46.204.144]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id 92636-07; Thu, 6 Oct 2005 10:43:59 +0000 (GMT) Received: from mail.skype.net (mail.skype.net [195.215.8.149]) by svr1.postgresql.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 91866DA36A; Thu, 6 Oct 2005 07:44:00 -0300 (ADT) Received: from localhost (localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) by mail.skype.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3A1A24DE78; Thu, 6 Oct 2005 12:44:03 +0200 (CEST) Received: from [192.168.0.41] (joltid-gw.joltid.org [195.50.194.24]) by mail.skype.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 540CE4DE74; Thu, 6 Oct 2005 12:44:02 +0200 (CEST) Subject: Re: [PERFORM] A Better External Sort? From: Hannu Krosing To: Ron Peacetree Cc: "Jonah H. Harris" , pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org, pgsql-performance@postgresql.org In-Reply-To: <138872.1128556455518.JavaMail.root@elwamui-milano.atl.sa.earthlink.net> References: <138872.1128556455518.JavaMail.root@elwamui-milano.atl.sa.earthlink.net> Content-Type: text/plain Date: Thu, 06 Oct 2005 13:44:00 +0300 Message-Id: <1128595441.8561.36.camel@fuji.krosing.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Evolution 2.0.4 (2.0.4-6) Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Virus-Scanned: by amavisd-new at hub.org X-Spam-Status: No, hits=0.008 required=5 tests=[AWL=0.008] X-Spam-Level: X-Archive-Number: 200510/259 X-Sequence-Number: 74118 On K, 2005-10-05 at 19:54 -0400, Ron Peacetree wrote: > +I made the "from left field" suggestion that perhaps a pg native fs > format would be worth consideration. This is a major project, so > the suggestion was to at least some extent tongue-in-cheek. This idea is discussed about once a year on hackers. If you are more interested in this, search the archives :) -- Hannu Krosing