Re: Block-level CRC checks

From: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: Robert Haas <robertmhaas(at)gmail(dot)com>
Cc: Greg Stark <gsstark(at)mit(dot)edu>, Aidan Van Dyk <aidan(at)highrise(dot)ca>, Simon Riggs <simon(at)2ndquadrant(dot)com>, Bruce Momjian <bruce(at)momjian(dot)us>, Heikki Linnakangas <heikki(dot)linnakangas(at)enterprisedb(dot)com>, Alvaro Herrera <alvherre(at)commandprompt(dot)com>, Pg Hackers <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: Block-level CRC checks
Date: 2009-12-01 20:41:43
Message-ID: 7838.1259700103@sss.pgh.pa.us
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Robert Haas <robertmhaas(at)gmail(dot)com> writes:
> OK, fair enough. My implication that only page formats were at issue
> was off-base. My underlying point was that I think we have to be
> prepared to write code that can understand old binary formats (on the
> tuple, page, or relation level) if we want this to work and work
> reliably. I believe that there has been much resistance to that idea.

We keep looking for cheaper alternatives. There may not be any...

regards, tom lane

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