Re: Why does txid_current() assign new transaction-id? - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From Tom Lane
Subject Re: Why does txid_current() assign new transaction-id?
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Msg-id 18863.1432661905@sss.pgh.pa.us
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In response to Re: Why does txid_current() assign new transaction-id?  (Christoph Berg <myon@debian.org>)
Responses Re: Why does txid_current() assign new transaction-id?  (Christoph Berg <myon@debian.org>)
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Christoph Berg <myon@debian.org> writes:
> Still, exposing GetStableLatestTransactionId() on the SQL level would
> make sense for monitoring transaction throughput.

Perhaps, though I wonder why we should expose that and not just report the
result of ReadNewTransactionId() --- or in txid.c's case, the result of
GetNextXidAndEpoch().  In either case it would have to be a new function,
not unilaterally redefining what txid_current() does.
        regards, tom lane



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