Re: [PATCHES] [PATCH] Provide 8-byte transaction IDs to user level - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From Tom Lane
Subject Re: [PATCHES] [PATCH] Provide 8-byte transaction IDs to user level
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Msg-id 16124.1156177113@sss.pgh.pa.us
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Marko Kreen <markokr@gmail.com> writes:
> Following patch exports 8 byte txid and snapshot to user level
> allowing its use in regular SQL.  It is based on Slony-I xxid
> module.  It provides special 'snapshot' type for snapshot but
> uses regular int8 for transaction ID's.

Per discussion, I've applied a patch that just implements tracking of
"XID epoch" in checkpoints.  This should be sufficient to let xxid be
handled as an external module.

            regards, tom lane

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