tid scan - is it ever used?

From: "murphy pope" <pope_murphy(at)hotmail(dot)com>
To: pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: tid scan - is it ever used?
Date: 2002-06-01 20:09:06
Message-ID: F97Xzf7CEUprCNBnAxG00011832@hotmail.com
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I realize this might be "hackers" question, but I was wondering if anyone
has ever seen a "tid scan" in a query plan?

I think a tid scan would only be used if you did something like:

select ctid from mytable;

are there any other uses for a tid scan?

-- Thanks, Murphy

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