Re: Dead Space Map - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From Tom Lane
Subject Re: Dead Space Map
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Msg-id 15121.1141140513@sss.pgh.pa.us
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In response to Re: Dead Space Map  (Hannu Krosing <hannu@skype.net>)
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Hannu Krosing <hannu@skype.net> writes:
> Or do you man that an index entry pointing to a non-existing tuple is
> "corruption" ? It would be realtively easy to teach index access method
> to just ignore (or even delete) the dangling index entries.

No, I mean that an index entry pointing at a WRONG tuple is corruption
(and no need for quotes about that one).  And that is the state that
will ensue, as soon as someone re-uses the line pointer.
        regards, tom lane


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