snapshot question

From: qihua wu <staywithpin(at)gmail(dot)com>
To: pgsql-general(at)lists(dot)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: snapshot question
Date: 2022-12-07 02:20:09
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Per the following link:
https://www.sobyte.net/post/2022-08/postgres-snapshot/
To get a snapshot we need to know xmin, xmax and xip. my question is why do
we need them? Since every tuple in a page has t_xmin and t_xmax based on
the page layout(
https://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/storage-page-layout.html) if we
has a snapshot at xip 12345, couldn't we just check every tuple whose
t_xmin is lower than 12345 and already committed?

Thanks,
Qihua

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