Re: bigint vs txid user confusion

From: Robert Haas <robertmhaas(at)gmail(dot)com>
To: Craig Ringer <craig(at)2ndquadrant(dot)com>
Cc: PostgreSQL Hackers <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: bigint vs txid user confusion
Date: 2016-12-16 16:13:04
Message-ID: CA+Tgmoaxk6=kQ0trQqeeGNt2gg0R5pD5aWH-fs0vT=HLjbppeg@mail.gmail.com
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On Thu, Dec 15, 2016 at 3:02 AM, Craig Ringer <craig(at)2ndquadrant(dot)com> wrote:
> I really wish we could just change the pg_stat_activity and
> pg_stat_replication xid fields to be epoch qualified in a 64-bit wide
> 'fullxid' type, or similar.

I think that approach is worth considering.

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Robert Haas
EnterpriseDB: http://www.enterprisedb.com
The Enterprise PostgreSQL Company

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