Re: PGSQL internals question... - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From Tom Lane
Subject Re: PGSQL internals question...
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Msg-id 16895.961739447@sss.pgh.pa.us
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In response to PGSQL internals question...  (Chris Bitmead <chrisb@nimrod.itg.telstra.com.au>)
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Chris Bitmead <chrisb@nimrod.itg.telstra.com.au> writes:
> inside the backend, if I have a TupleTableSlot, can I find out from what
> basetable it is referring to or not?

Since it's not necessarily referring to any table at all, the general
answer is "no".  Do you have a reason to assume that the slot is
holding a tuple directly fetched from disk, rather than constructed
on-the-fly?
        regards, tom lane


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