Re: Support for 8-byte TOAST values (aka the TOAST infinite loop problem) - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

On 2025-Jul-08, Hannu Krosing wrote:

> I still think we should go with direct toast tid pointers in varlena
> and not some kind of oid.

I think this can be made to work, as long as we stop seeing the toast
table just like a normal heap table containing normal tuples.  A lot to
reimplement though -- vacuum in particular.  Maybe it can be thought of
as a new table AM.  Not an easy project, I reckon.

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