Return-Path: pg_adm@postgres.berkeley.edu Received: by postgres.Berkeley.EDU (5.61/1.29) id AA13339; Fri, 21 Aug 92 00:51:41 -0700 Message-Id: <9208210751.AA13339@postgres.Berkeley.EDU> From: "Schenkelaars.V.F" Subject: Index tuple tree pointer vs object pointers To: postgres@postgres.berkeley.edu Sender: pg_adm@postgres.berkeley.edu To: postgres@postgres.berkeley.edu (Postgres mailing list) Date: Fri, 21 Aug 92 9:57:08 MET DST Cc: mao@postgres.berkeley.edu (Mike Olson) X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.3 PL11] 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, ____________________ \ / . _ _ _ _ | \/ ( ( \ (_ (-' ( \ | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Vincent F. Schenkelaars | Company: FEL-TNO | Private: Email : V.F.Schenkelaars@tnofel.fel.tno.nl | address: Oude Waalsdorperweg 63 | Groenhovenstraat 12 Postbus 96864 | 2509 JG Den Haag | 2311 BT Leiden The Netherlands | The Netherlands Phone : Holland 070-3264221 | Holland 071-125576 Fax : Holland 070-3280961 | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- We apologize for the inconvenience.