This library contains the PostgreSQL extension function, hash64(), that
hashes a text value and returns a unique 64-bit integer (bigint). The
function is similar to the built-in hashtext() function, but is guaranteed
not to change over major releases, so that it can be used safely for
partitioning or sharding, for example with PL/Proxy, in installations
involving multiple PostgreSQL major versions.
To build hash64, just do this:
make
make installcheck
make install
If you encounter an error such as:
"Makefile", line 8: Need an operator
You need to use GNU make, which may well be installed on your system as
gmake:
gmake
gmake install
gmake installcheck
If you encounter an error such as:
make: pg_config: Command not found
Be sure that you have pg_config installed and in your path. If you used a
package management system such as RPM to install PostgreSQL, be sure that the
-devel package is also installed. If necessary tell the build process where
to find it:
env PG_CONFIG=/path/to/pg_config make && make installcheck && make install
If you encounter an error such as:
ERROR: must be owner of database regression
You need to run the test suite using a super user, such as the default "postgres" super user:
make installcheck PGUSER=postgres
Once hash64 is installed, you can add it to a database. If you're running PostgreSQL 9.1.0 or greater, it's a simple as connecting to a database as a super user and running:
CREATE EXTENSION hash64;
If you've upgraded your cluster to PostgreSQL 9.1 and already had hash64 installed, you can upgrade it to a properly packaged extension with:
CREATE EXTENSION hash64 FROM unpackaged;
For versions of PostgreSQL less than 9.1.0, you'll need to run the installation script:
psql -d mydb -f /path/to/pgsql/share/contrib/hash64.sql
If you want to install hash64 and all of its supporting objects into a
specific schema, use the PGOPTIONS environment variable to specify the
schema, like so:
PGOPTIONS=--search_path=extensions psql -d mydb -f hash64.sql
The hash64 data type has no dependencies other than PostgreSQL.
- Portions Copyright (c) 2012, David E. Wheeler
- Portions Copyright (c) 2012, Peter Geoghegan
- Portions Copyright (c) 2010, Peter Eisentraut
- Portions Copyright (c) 1996-2008, PostgreSQL Global Development Group
- Portions Copyright (c) 1994, Regents of the University of California
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