Re: [HACKERS] XIDTAG ???

From: Bruce Momjian <maillist(at)candle(dot)pha(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: Todd Graham Lewis <tlewis(at)mindspring(dot)net>
Cc: Vadim Mikheev <vadim(at)krs(dot)ru>, PostgreSQL Developers List <hackers(at)postgreSQL(dot)org>, dz(at)cs(dot)unitn(dot)it
Subject: Re: [HACKERS] XIDTAG ???
Date: 1999-05-04 04:41:30
Message-ID: 199905040441.AAA15619@candle.pha.pa.us
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> On Mon, 3 May 1999, Bruce Momjian wrote:
>
> > Probably no reason for the transaction id. I don't remember that being
> > used at all.
>
> Do you mean that there is no reason for the xid to exist, as it is not
> used? If so, then may I humbly request that it be left in for another
> six months in the hopes of using a transaction processing monitor to
> distribute postgres across multiple machines safely? I'll need the xid
> if and when I start that project, which will be after I finish the
> TPM. 8^)

No, I don't recommend removing it, but just not storing it in the lock
system. There is no need for it there.

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