> On 28/10/2022 22:50 CEST Scott Ribe <scott_ribe@elevated-dev.com> wrote:
>
> A corrupted index could allow that to happen by failing to catch the duplicate
> insert. I suppose it might also be able to cause the same row to be returned
> multiple times--although I have personally only ever seen corrupted indexes
> cause rows to not be found.
I think it should be possible to tell those two cases apart by looking at system
column ctid. The ctid should be the same for duplicate rows if the same row is
found multiple times in the index. Different ctid if the corrupted index
allowed INSERT with duplicates.
--
Erik
