Re: Block-level CRC checks - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From Tom Lane
Subject Re: Block-level CRC checks
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Msg-id 16313.1225381845@sss.pgh.pa.us
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In response to Re: Block-level CRC checks  (Zdenek Kotala <Zdenek.Kotala@Sun.COM>)
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Zdenek Kotala <Zdenek.Kotala@Sun.COM> writes:
> By the way, do you need CRC as a first page member? Is it for future development 
> like CLOG integration into buffers? Why not put it on the end as and mark it as 
> a special? It will reduce space requirement when CRC is not enabled.

... and make life tremendously more complex for indexes, plus turning
CRC checking on or off on-the-fly would be problematic.  I think Alvaro
has the right idea: just put the field there all the time.
        regards, tom lane


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