Re: Question about heap_inplace_update and VACUUM behavior

From: Aleksander Alekseev <aleksander(at)tigerdata(dot)com>
To: pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org
Cc: Shiju Sivadazz <shijusivadazz86(at)gmail(dot)com>
Subject: Re: Question about heap_inplace_update and VACUUM behavior
Date: 2026-03-11 12:21:27
Message-ID: CAJ7c6TP4cfo45FdRwtfVCHXM1+jxOaBOQn7vsfj6Q2fMa1Kr-Q@mail.gmail.com
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Hi Shiju,

Thanks to your interest in DBMS development and Postgres in particular.

> I would greatly appreciate any clarification or references to relevant documentation or design discussions.

If you go to the systable_inplace_update_begin() definition you will
find that its use cases are very well documented. I recommend using a
modern text editor with goto definition / goto symbol functionality
e.g. VS Code or Zed. This will simplify the exploration of the code a
lot.

Also I believe you are on the REL_17_STABLE branch. I would recommend
choosing `master` which will become REL_19 quite soon.

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Best regards,
Aleksander Alekseev

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