- 1998-09-09
+ 1999-04-14
CREATE OPERATOR name (
[, COMMUTATOR = com_op ]
[, NEGATOR = neg_op ]
[, RESTRICT = res_proc ]
- [, HASHES ]
[, JOIN = join_proc ]
- [, SORT = sort_op [, ...] ]
+ [, HASHES ]
+ [, SORT1 = left_sort_op ]
+ [, SORT2 = right_sort_op ]
)
- 1998-09-09
+ 1999-04-14
</div>
<div class="diff ctx"> Inputs</div>
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<div class="diff ctx"> </TERM></div>
<div class="diff ctx"> <LISTITEM></div>
<div class="diff ctx"> <PARA></div>
<div class="diff rem">-The co<span class="marked">rresponding commutative</span> operator.</div>
<div class="diff add">+The co<span class="marked">mmutator for this</span> operator.</div>
<div class="diff ctx"> </PARA></div>
<div class="diff ctx"> </LISTITEM></div>
<div class="diff ctx"> </VARLISTENTRY></div>
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<div class="diff ctx"> </TERM></div>
<div class="diff ctx"> <LISTITEM></div>
<div class="diff ctx"> <PARA></div>
<div class="diff rem">-The <span class="marked">corresponding negation</span> operator.</div>
<div class="diff add">+The <span class="marked">negator of this</span> operator.</div>
<div class="diff ctx"> </PARA></div>
<div class="diff ctx"> </LISTITEM></div>
<div class="diff ctx"> </VARLISTENTRY></div>
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<div class="diff ctx"> </TERM></div>
<div class="diff ctx"> <LISTITEM></div>
<div class="diff ctx"> <PARA></div>
<div class="diff rem">-The corresponding restriction operator.</div>
<div class="diff add">+The restriction selectivity estimator function for this operator.</div>
<div class="diff add">+ </PARA></div>
<div class="diff add">+ </LISTITEM></div>
<div class="diff add">+ </VARLISTENTRY></div>
<div class="diff add">+ <VARLISTENTRY></div>
<div class="diff add">+ <TERM></div>
<div class="diff add">+ <replaceable class="parameter">join_proc</replaceable></div>
<div class="diff add">+ </TERM></div>
<div class="diff add">+ <LISTITEM></div>
<div class="diff add">+ <PARA></div>
<div class="diff add">+The join selectivity estimator function for this operator.</div>
<div class="diff ctx"> </PARA></div>
<div class="diff ctx"> </LISTITEM></div>
<div class="diff ctx"> </VARLISTENTRY></div>
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<div class="diff ctx"> </TERM></div>
<div class="diff ctx"> <LISTITEM></div>
<div class="diff ctx"> <PARA></div>
<div class="diff rem">-<span class="marked">T</span>his operator can support a hash-join algorithm.</div>
<div class="diff add">+<span class="marked">Indicates t</span>his operator can support a hash-join algorithm.</div>
<div class="diff ctx"> </PARA></div>
<div class="diff ctx"> </LISTITEM></div>
<div class="diff ctx"> </VARLISTENTRY></div>
<div class="diff ctx"> <VARLISTENTRY></div>
<div class="diff ctx"> <TERM></div>
<div class="diff rem">- <replaceable class="parameter"><span class="marked">join_proc</span></replaceable></div>
<div class="diff add">+ <replaceable class="parameter"><span class="marked">left_sort_op</span></replaceable></div>
<div class="diff ctx"> </TERM></div>
<div class="diff ctx"> <LISTITEM></div>
<div class="diff ctx"> <PARA></div>
<div class="diff rem">-<span class="marked">Procedure supporting table joins</span>.</div>
<div class="diff add">+<span class="marked">Operator that sorts the left-hand data type of this operator</span>.</div>
<div class="diff ctx"> </PARA></div>
<div class="diff ctx"> </LISTITEM></div>
<div class="diff ctx"> </VARLISTENTRY></div>
<div class="diff ctx"> <VARLISTENTRY></div>
<div class="diff ctx"> <TERM></div>
<div class="diff rem">- <replaceable class="parameter">sort_op</replaceable></div>
<div class="diff add">+ <replaceable class="parameter"><span class="marked">right_</span>sort_op</replaceable></div>
<div class="diff ctx"> </TERM></div>
<div class="diff ctx"> <LISTITEM></div>
<div class="diff ctx"> <PARA></div>
<div class="diff rem">-Operator t<span class="marked">o use for sorting</span>.</div>
<div class="diff add">+Operator t<span class="marked">hat sorts the right-hand data type of this operator</span>.</div>
<div class="diff ctx"> </PARA></div>
<div class="diff ctx"> </LISTITEM></div>
<div class="diff ctx"> </VARLISTENTRY></div>
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<div class="diff ctx"> </div>
<div class="diff ctx"> <REFSECT2 ID="R2-SQL-CREATEOPERATOR-2"></div>
<div class="diff ctx"> <REFSECT2INFO></div>
<div class="diff rem">- <DATE>199<span class="marked">8-09-09</span></DATE></div>
<div class="diff add">+ <DATE>199<span class="marked">9-04-14</span></DATE></div>
<div class="diff ctx"> </REFSECT2INFO></div>
<div class="diff ctx"> <TITLE></div>
<div class="diff ctx"> Outputs</div>
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<div class="diff ctx"> </div>
<div class="diff ctx"> <REFSECT1 ID="R1-SQL-CREATEOPERATOR-1"></div>
<div class="diff ctx"> <REFSECT1INFO></div>
<div class="diff rem">- <DATE>199<span class="marked">8-09-09</span></DATE></div>
<div class="diff add">+ <DATE>199<span class="marked">9-04-14</span></DATE></div>
<div class="diff ctx"> </REFSECT1INFO></div>
<div class="diff ctx"> <TITLE></div>
<div class="diff ctx"> Description</div>
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<div class="diff ctx"> If a commutator operator name is supplied, </div>
<div class="diff ctx"> <productname>Postgres</productname></div>
<div class="diff ctx"> searches for it in the catalog. If it is found and it</div>
<div class="diff rem">- does not yet have a commutator itself, then <span class="marked"> the </span> commutator's</div>
<div class="diff rem">- entry is updated to have the <span class="marked">current (new) operator</span></div>
<div class="diff rem">- <span class="marked">as its commutator. This applies to the negator, as </span> well.</div>
<div class="diff add">+ does not yet have a commutator itself, then <span class="marked">the</span> commutator's</div>
<div class="diff add">+ entry is updated to have the <span class="marked">newly created operator as its</span></div>
<div class="diff add">+ <span class="marked">commutator. This applies to the negator, as</span> well.</div>
<div class="diff ctx"> </para></div>
<div class="diff ctx"> <para></div>
<div class="diff ctx"> This is to allow the definition of two operators that are</div>
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<div class="diff ctx"> operator should be defined without a commutator or negator</div>
<div class="diff ctx"> (as appropriate). When the second operator is defined,</div>
<div class="diff ctx"> name the first as the commutator or negator. The first</div>
<div class="diff rem">- will be updated as a side effect.</div>
<div class="diff add">+ will be updated as a side effect. (As of Postgres 6.5,</div>
<div class="diff add">+ it also works to just have both operators refer to each other.)</div>
<div class="diff ctx"> </para></div>
<div class="diff ctx"> <para></div>
<div class="diff rem">- The next t<span class="marked">wo</span> specifications are present to support the</div>
<div class="diff add">+ The next t<span class="marked">hree</span> specifications are present to support the</div>
<div class="diff ctx"> query optimizer in performing joins. </div>
<div class="diff ctx"> <productname>Postgres</productname> can always</div>
<div class="diff ctx"> evaluate a join (i.e., processing a clause with two tuple</div>
<div class="diff ctx"> variables separated by an operator that returns a boolean)</div>
<div class="diff ctx"> by iterative substitution [WONG76]. </div>
<div class="diff ctx"> In addition, <productname>Postgres</productname></div>
<div class="diff rem">- <span class="marked">is planning on implementing</span> a hash-join algorithm along</div>
<div class="diff add">+ <span class="marked">can use</span> a hash-join algorithm along</div>
<div class="diff ctx"> the lines of [SHAP86]; however, it must know whether this</div>
<div class="diff rem">- strategy is applicable. </div>
<div class="diff rem">- For example, a hash-join</div>
<div class="diff rem">- algorithm is usable for a clause of the form:</div>
<div class="diff rem">- <programlisting></div>
<div class="diff rem">- MYBOXES.description === MYBOXES2.description</div>
<div class="diff rem">- </programlisting></div>
<div class="diff rem">- but not for a clause of the form:</div>
<div class="diff rem">- <programlisting></div>
<div class="diff rem">- MYBOXES.description <<< MYBOXES2.description.</div>
<div class="diff rem">- </programlisting></div>
<div class="diff rem">- The HASHES flag gives the needed information to the query</div>
<div class="diff rem">- optimizer concerning whether a hash join strategy is</div>
<div class="diff rem">- usable for the operator in question.</para></div>
<div class="diff add">+ strategy is applicable. The current hash-join algorithm</div>
<div class="diff add">+ is only correct for operators that represent equality tests;</div>
<div class="diff add">+ furthermore, equality of the datatype must mean bitwise equality</div>
<div class="diff add">+ of the representation of the type. (For example, a datatype that</div>
<div class="diff add">+ contains unused bits that don't matter for equality tests could</div>
<div class="diff add">+ not be hashjoined.)</div>
<div class="diff add">+ The HASHES flag indicates to the query optimizer that a hash join</div>
<div class="diff add">+ may safely be used with this operator.</para></div>
<div class="diff ctx"> <para></div>
<div class="diff ctx"> Similarly, the two sort operators indicate to the query</div>
<div class="diff ctx"> optimizer whether merge-sort is a usable join strategy and</div>
<div class="diff rem">- what operators should be used to sort the two operand</div>
<div class="diff rem">- classes. For the === clause above, the optimizer must</div>
<div class="diff rem">- sort both relations using the operator, <<<. On the other</div>
<div class="diff rem">- hand, merge-sort is not usable with the clause:</div>
<div class="diff rem">- <programlisting></div>
<div class="diff rem">- MYBOXES.description <<< MYBOXES2.description</div>
<div class="diff rem">- </programlisting></div>
<div class="diff add">+ which operators should be used to sort the two operand</div>
<div class="diff add">+ classes. Sort operators should only be provided for an equality</div>
<div class="diff add">+ operator, and they should refer to less-than operators for the</div>
<div class="diff add">+ left and right side data types respectively.</div>
<div class="diff ctx"> </para></div>
<div class="diff ctx"> <para></div>
<div class="diff ctx"> If other join strategies are found to be practical,</div>
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<div class="diff ctx"> </div>
<div class="diff ctx"> <REFSECT2 ID="R2-SQL-CREATEOPERATOR-3"></div>
<div class="diff ctx"> <REFSECT2INFO></div>
<div class="diff rem">- <DATE>199<span class="marked">8-09-09</span></DATE></div>
<div class="diff add">+ <DATE>199<span class="marked">9-04-14</span></DATE></div>
<div class="diff ctx"> </REFSECT2INFO></div>
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<div class="diff ctx"> COMMUTATOR = ===,</div>
<div class="diff ctx"> NEGATOR = !==,</div>
<div class="diff ctx"> RESTRICT = area_restriction_procedure,</div>
<div class="diff add">+ JOIN = area_join_procedure,</div>
<div class="diff ctx"> HASHES,</div>
<div class="diff rem">- <span class="marked">JOIN = area-join-procedure</span>,</div>
<div class="diff rem">- SORT<span class="marked"> = <<<,</span> <<<)</div>
<div class="diff add">+ <span class="marked">SORT1 = <<<</span>,</div>
<div class="diff add">+ SORT<span class="marked">2 =</span> <<<)</div>
<div class="diff ctx"> </ProgramListing> </div>
<div class="diff ctx"> </REFSECT1></div>
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<div class="diff ctx"> </div>
<div class="diff ctx"> <REFSECT2 ID="R2-SQL-CREATEOPERATOR-4"></div>
<div class="diff ctx"> <REFSECT2INFO></div>
<div class="diff rem">- <DATE>199<span class="marked">8-09-09</span></DATE></div>
<div class="diff add">+ <DATE>199<span class="marked">9-04-14</span></DATE></div>
<div class="diff ctx"> </REFSECT2INFO></div>
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<div class="diff ctx"> .\" This is -*-nroff-*-</div>
<div class="diff ctx"> .\" XXX standard disclaimer belongs here....</div>
<div class="diff rem">-.\" $Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/src/man/Attic/create_operator.l,v 1.<span class="marked">7 1998/07/25 00:17:30 momjian</span> Exp $</div>
<div class="diff add">+.\" $Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/src/man/Attic/create_operator.l,v 1.<span class="marked">8 1999/04/15 00:09:00 tgl</span> Exp $</div>
<div class="diff ctx"> .TH "CREATE OPERATOR" SQL 11/05/95 PostgreSQL PostgreSQL</div>
<div class="diff ctx"> .SH NAME</div>
<div class="diff ctx"> create operator - define a new user operator</div>
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<div class="diff ctx"> [\fB, commutator =\fR com_op ]</div>
<div class="diff ctx"> [\fB, negator =\fR neg_op ]</div>
<div class="diff ctx"> [\fB, restrict =\fR res_proc ]</div>
<div class="diff rem">- [\fB, hashes\fR]</div>
<div class="diff ctx"> [\fB, join =\fR join_proc ]</div>
<div class="diff rem">- [\fB, sort =\fR sor_op1 {\fB,\fR sor_op2 } ]</div>
<div class="diff add">+ [\fB, hashes\fR]</div>
<div class="diff add">+ [\fB, sort1 =\fR left_sort_op ]</div>
<div class="diff add">+ [\fB, sort2 =\fR right_sort_op ]</div>
<div class="diff ctx"> \fB)\fR</div>
<div class="diff ctx"> .\" \fB"arg is ("</div>
<div class="diff ctx"> .\" type [</div>
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<div class="diff ctx"> The commutator operator is present so that Postgres can reverse the order</div>
<div class="diff ctx"> of the operands if it wishes. For example, the operator</div>
<div class="diff ctx"> area-less-than, >>>, would have a commutator operator,</div>
<div class="diff rem">-area-greater-than, <<<. Suppose that an operator, area-equal, ===,</div>
<div class="diff rem">-exists, as well as an area not equal, !==. Hence, the query optimizer</div>
<div class="diff add">+area-greater-than, <<<. Hence, the query optimizer</div>
<div class="diff ctx"> could freely convert:</div>
<div class="diff ctx"> .nf</div>
<div class="diff ctx"> </div>
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<div class="diff ctx"> This allows the execution code to always use the latter representation</div>
<div class="diff ctx"> and simplifies the query optimizer somewhat.</div>
<div class="diff ctx"> .PP</div>
<div class="diff add">+Suppose that an operator, area-equal, ===,</div>
<div class="diff add">+exists, as well as an area not equal, !==.</div>
<div class="diff ctx"> The negator operator allows the query optimizer to convert</div>
<div class="diff ctx"> .nf</div>
<div class="diff ctx"> </div>
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<div class="diff ctx"> .fi</div>
<div class="diff ctx"> If a commutator operator name is supplied, Postgres searches for it in</div>
<div class="diff ctx"> the catalog. If it is found and it does not yet have a commutator</div>
<div class="diff rem">-itself, then the commutator's entry is updated to have the current</div>
<div class="diff rem">-(new) operator as its commutator. This applies to the negator, as</div>
<div class="diff rem">-well.</div>
<div class="diff add">+itself, then the commutator's entry is updated to have the newly created</div>
<div class="diff add">+operator as its commutator. This applies to the negator, as well.</div>
<div class="diff ctx"> .PP</div>
<div class="diff ctx"> This is to allow the definition of two operators that are the</div>
<div class="diff ctx"> commutators or the negators of each other. The first operator should</div>
<div class="diff ctx"> be defined without a commutator or negator (as appropriate). When the</div>
<div class="diff ctx"> second operator is defined, name the first as the commutator or</div>
<div class="diff rem">-negator. The first will be updated as a side effect.</div>
<div class="diff add">+negator. The first will be updated as a side effect. (As of Postgres 6.5,</div>
<div class="diff add">+it also works to just have both operators refer to each other.)</div>
<div class="diff ctx"> .PP</div>
<div class="diff rem">-The next t<span class="marked">wo</span> specifications are present to support the query optimizer</div>
<div class="diff add">+The next t<span class="marked">hree</span> specifications are present to support the query optimizer</div>
<div class="diff ctx"> in performing joins. Postgres can always evaluate a join (i.e.,</div>
<div class="diff ctx"> processing a clause with two tuple variables separated by an operator</div>
<div class="diff ctx"> that returns a boolean) by iterative substitution [WONG76]. In</div>
<div class="diff rem">-addition, Postgres <span class="marked">is planning on implementing</span> a hash-join algorithm</div>
<div class="diff add">+addition, Postgres <span class="marked">can use</span> a hash-join algorithm</div>
<div class="diff ctx"> along the lines of [SHAP86]; however, it must know whether this</div>
<div class="diff rem">-strategy is applicable. For example, a hash-join algorithm is usable</div>
<div class="diff rem">-for a clause of the form:</div>
<div class="diff rem">-.nf</div>
<div class="diff rem">-</div>
<div class="diff rem">-.ce 1</div>
<div class="diff rem">-MYBOXES.description === MYBOXES2.description</div>
<div class="diff rem">-</div>
<div class="diff rem">-.fi</div>
<div class="diff rem">-but not for a clause of the form:</div>
<div class="diff rem">-.nf</div>
<div class="diff rem">-</div>
<div class="diff rem">-.ce 1</div>
<div class="diff rem">-MYBOXES.description <<< MYBOXES2.description.</div>
<div class="diff rem">-</div>
<div class="diff rem">-.fi</div>
<div class="diff add">+strategy is applicable.</div>
<div class="diff add">+The current hash-join algorithm</div>
<div class="diff add">+is only correct for operators that represent equality tests;</div>
<div class="diff add">+furthermore, equality of the datatype must mean bitwise equality</div>
<div class="diff add">+of the representation of the type. (For example, a datatype that</div>
<div class="diff add">+contains unused bits that don't matter for equality tests could</div>
<div class="diff add">+not be hashjoined.)</div>
<div class="diff ctx"> The</div>
<div class="diff ctx"> .BR hashes</div>
<div class="diff rem">-flag <span class="marked">gives the needed information to the query optimizer concerning</span></div>
<div class="diff rem">-<span class="marked">whether a hash join strategy is usable for the operator in question</span>.</div>
<div class="diff add">+flag <span class="marked">indicates to the query optimizer that a hash join may safely be</span></div>
<div class="diff add">+<span class="marked">used with this operator</span>.</div>
<div class="diff ctx"> .PP</div>
<div class="diff ctx"> Similarly, the two sort operators indicate to the query optimizer</div>
<div class="diff rem">-whether merge-sort is a usable join strategy and what operators should</div>
<div class="diff rem">-be used to sort the two operand classes. For the === clause above,</div>
<div class="diff rem">-the optimizer must sort both relations using the operator, <<<. On</div>
<div class="diff rem">-the other hand, merge-sort is not usable with the clause:</div>
<div class="diff rem">-.nf</div>
<div class="diff rem">-</div>
<div class="diff rem">-.ce 1</div>
<div class="diff rem">-MYBOXES.description <<< MYBOXES2.description</div>
<div class="diff rem">-</div>
<div class="diff rem">-.fi</div>
<div class="diff add">+whether merge-sort is a usable join strategy and which operators should</div>
<div class="diff add">+be used to sort the two operand classes.</div>
<div class="diff add">+Sort operators should only be provided for an equality</div>
<div class="diff add">+operator, and they should refer to less-than operators for the</div>
<div class="diff add">+left and right side data types respectively.</div>
<div class="diff add">+.PP</div>
<div class="diff ctx"> If other join strategies are found to be practical, Postgres will change</div>
<div class="diff ctx"> the optimizer and run-time system to use them and will require</div>
<div class="diff ctx"> additional specification when an operator is defined. Fortunately,</div>
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<div class="diff ctx"> commutator = ===,</div>
<div class="diff ctx"> negator = !==,</div>
<div class="diff ctx"> restrict = area_restriction_procedure,</div>
<div class="diff add">+ join = area_join_procedure,</div>
<div class="diff ctx"> hashes,</div>
<div class="diff rem">- <span class="marked">join = area-join-procedure</span>,</div>
<div class="diff rem">- sort<span class="marked"> = <<<,</span> <<<)</div>
<div class="diff add">+ <span class="marked">sort1 = <<<</span>,</div>
<div class="diff add">+ sort<span class="marked">2 =</span> <<<)</div>
<div class="diff ctx"> .\" arg is (box, box)</div>
<div class="diff ctx"> .fi</div>
<div class="diff ctx"> .SH "SEE ALSO"</div>
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<div class="diff ctx"> Operator names cannot be composed of alphabetic characters in </div>
<div class="diff ctx"> Postgres.</div>
<div class="diff ctx"> .PP</div>
<div class="diff rem">-If an operator is defined before its commuting operator has been defined</div>
<div class="diff rem">-<span class="marked">(a case specifically warned against above), a dummy operator with invali</span>d</div>
<div class="diff rem">-fields will be placed in the system catalogs. This may interfere with</div>
<div class="diff rem">-<span class="marked">the definition of later operators</span>.</div>
<div class="diff add">+If an operator is defined before its commuting operator has been defined<span class="marked">,</span></div>
<div class="diff add">+<span class="marked">a dummy entry for the commutator (with invalid oprproc field) will be place</span>d</div>
<div class="diff add">+in the system catalogs. This entry will be overridden when the commutator</div>
<div class="diff add">+<span class="marked">is eventually defined</span>.</div>
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