Re: [HACKERS] [PATCH] Provide 8-byte transaction IDs to user level

From: "Marko Kreen" <markokr(at)gmail(dot)com>
To: "Darcy Buskermolen" <darcyb(at)commandprompt(dot)com>
Cc: pgsql-patches(at)postgresql(dot)org, "Tom Lane" <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>, "Bruce Momjian" <bruce(at)momjian(dot)us>, pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org, "Jan Wieck" <JanWieck(at)yahoo(dot)com>
Subject: Re: [HACKERS] [PATCH] Provide 8-byte transaction IDs to user level
Date: 2006-07-28 21:13:52
Message-ID: e51f66da0607281413n6b72f275j349257f1c752de31@mail.gmail.com
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On 7/27/06, Darcy Buskermolen <darcyb(at)commandprompt(dot)com> wrote:
> In one of those 3am lightbulbs I belive I have a way to make use of the 64-bit
> XID counter and still maintain the ability to have backwards compatibility.
> Is there any chance you could break this patch up into the 2 separate
> componenets that Hannu mentions, and rework the XID stuff into
> TransactionIdAdvance as per tom's recommendation. And in the meantime I'll
> pencil out the slony stuff to utilize this.

Yes, I can. As I am on vacation right now, my computer-time is rather
unstable, hopefully I can do it on weekend.

--
marko

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