Re: currtid_byreloid and currtid_byrelname

From: Gregory Stark <stark(at)enterprisedb(dot)com>
To: "Heikki Linnakangas" <heikki(at)enterprisedb(dot)com>
Cc: "PostgreSQL-development" <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: currtid_byreloid and currtid_byrelname
Date: 2007-06-15 23:05:51
Message-ID: 87ir9oq0mo.fsf@oxford.xeocode.com
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"Heikki Linnakangas" <heikki(at)enterprisedb(dot)com> writes:

> In utils/adt/tid.c, there's two mysterious functions with no comments, and
> no-one calling them inside backend code AFAICT: currtid_byreloid and
> currtid_byrelname. What do they do/did?

The comments for heap_get_latest_tid() seem to apply. They're basically
wrappers that open the relation for you since that function requires it. The
real question is why you would ever have a tid without having a Relation
structure handy.

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Gregory Stark
EnterpriseDB http://www.enterprisedb.com

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