Re: Print pg_lsn as a number?

From: Scott Stroupe <sstroupe(at)kofile(dot)net>
To: pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: Print pg_lsn as a number?
Date: 2018-06-12 20:07:09
Message-ID: 0D7680DE-6EF6-4770-8012-6AC71F1FDD88@kofile.net
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> On Jun 12, 2018, at 10:39 AM, Andres Freund <andres(at)anarazel(dot)de> wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> On 2018-06-12 09:31:49 -0700, Scott Stroupe wrote:
>> According to the documentation[1], pg_lsn is a 64-bit integer that's
>> printed as two hex numbers separated by a slash, e.g. 68/1225BB70. Is
>> there a way to get the 64-bit integer in a common numeric
>> representation instead of the peculiar hex-slash-hex representation?
>
> What do you want to do with the LSN?
>
> Greetings,
>
> Andres Freund

I want to put pg_lsns into a tool that only understands common numeric representations, to do simple math and comparisons.

Regards,
Scott

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