Re: Removing pg_migrator limitations - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From Bruce Momjian
Subject Re: Removing pg_migrator limitations
Date
Msg-id 200912272013.nBRKDNI01040@momjian.us
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In response to Re: Removing pg_migrator limitations  (Greg Stark <stark@mit.edu>)
Responses Re: Removing pg_migrator limitations  (Greg Stark <stark@mit.edu>)
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Greg Stark wrote:
> I'm kind of curious about the heap page conversion plan. I think
> we have a plan for how to do page checksums now if someone
> submits it now will we have time to do the page wok to handle
> page conversions? Or if not, are we better off waiting till 8.6
> to get checksums?

Well, I think the checksums are going in the item pointers, so there
isn't any new storage space --- my guess is that the page version number
will control how the backend stores the checksum.  Basically the backend
will need to read old and new page versions.  I don't think this is
something pg_migrator can handle cleanly.


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