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>Chapter 33. Extending <ACRONYM
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>33.1. <A
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>How Extensibility Works</A
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>33.2. <A
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>The <SPAN
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>33.2.1. <A
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>Base Types</A
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>33.2.2. <A
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>Composite Types</A
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>33.2.3. <A
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>Domains</A
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>33.2.4. <A
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>Pseudo-Types</A
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>33.2.5. <A
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>Polymorphic Types</A
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>33.3. <A
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>33.4. <A
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>33.4.1. <A
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><ACRONYM
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> Functions on Base Types</A
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>33.4.2. <A
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><ACRONYM
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>SQL</ACRONYM
> Functions on Composite Types</A
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>33.4.3. <A
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>Functions with Output Parameters</A
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>33.4.4. <A
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><ACRONYM
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>SQL</ACRONYM
> Functions as Table Sources</A
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>33.4.5. <A
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><ACRONYM
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>SQL</ACRONYM
> Functions Returning Sets</A
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>33.4.6. <A
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>Polymorphic <ACRONYM
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>SQL</ACRONYM
> Functions</A
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>33.5. <A
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>33.7. <A
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>33.9.1. <A
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>33.9.2. <A
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>Version 0 Calling Conventions</A
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>Version 1 Calling Conventions</A
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>Writing Code</A
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>33.9.6. <A
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>Compiling and Linking Dynamically-Loaded Functions</A
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>33.9.7. <A
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>Extension Building Infrastructure</A
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>33.9.8. <A
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>Composite-Type Arguments</A
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>33.9.9. <A
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>Returning Rows (Composite Types)</A
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>33.9.10. <A
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>Returning Sets</A
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>33.9.11. <A
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>Polymorphic Arguments and Return Types</A
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>Shared Memory and LWLocks</A
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>33.13.1. <A
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><TT
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>COMMUTATOR</TT
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><TT
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>NEGATOR</TT
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><TT
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>RESTRICT</TT
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><TT
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>JOIN</TT
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>HASHES</TT
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>33.13.6. <A
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><TT
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>MERGES</TT
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>SORT1</TT
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>33.14. <A
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>33.14.1. <A
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>Index Methods and Operator Classes</A
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>Index Method Strategies</A
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>Index Method Support Routines</A
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>33.14.4. <A
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>An Example</A
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>33.14.5. <A
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>Cross-Data-Type Operator Classes</A
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>33.14.6. <A
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>System Dependencies on Operator Classes</A
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>33.14.7. <A
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>Special Features of Operator Classes</A
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>   In  the  sections  that follow, we will discuss how you
   can extend the <SPAN
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   <ACRONYM
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>SQL</ACRONYM
> query language by adding:

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>      functions (starting in <A
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>      aggregates (starting in <A
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>Section 33.10</A
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>      data types (starting in <A
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>Section 33.11</A
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>      operators (starting in <A
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>Section 33.12</A
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>      operator classes for indexes (starting in <A
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>Section 33.14</A
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