Re: [WIP] The relminxid addition, try 3

From: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: Alvaro Herrera <alvherre(at)commandprompt(dot)com>
Cc: Patches <pgsql-patches(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: [WIP] The relminxid addition, try 3
Date: 2006-05-08 19:08:19
Message-ID: 28877.1147115299@sss.pgh.pa.us
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Alvaro Herrera <alvherre(at)commandprompt(dot)com> writes:
> Ah, there's another reason, and it's that I'm rewriting the tuple in
> place, not calling heap_update.

Is that really a good idea, as compared to using heap_update?

(Now, if you're combining this with the very grotty relpages/reltuples
update code, then I'm all for making that xlog properly --- we've gotten
away without it so far but it really should xlog the change.)

regards, tom lane

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