[DOCS] HOT - correct claim about indexes not referencing old line pointers

From: James Coleman <jtc331(at)gmail(dot)com>
To: pgsql-hackers <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: [DOCS] HOT - correct claim about indexes not referencing old line pointers
Date: 2023-09-29 17:39:07
Message-ID: CAAaqYe8=vU7ze=DkkAtne96MjTXHWrxBMG7YKN1T4wceBM1OmA@mail.gmail.com
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Hello,

While working on my talk for PGConf.NYC next week I came across this
bullet in the docs on heap only tuples:

> Old versions of updated rows can be completely removed during normal
> operation, including SELECTs, instead of requiring periodic vacuum
> operations. (This is possible because indexes do not reference their page
> item identifiers.)

But when a HOT update happens the entry in an (logically unchanged)
index still points to the original heap tid, and that line item is
updated with a pointer to the new line pointer in the same page.

Assuming I'm understanding this correctly, attached is a patch
correcting the description.

Thanks,
James Coleman

Attachment Content-Type Size
v1-0001-Correct-HOT-docs-to-account-for-LP_REDIRECT.patch application/octet-stream 1.3 KB

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