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From Tom Lane
Subject Re: pg_controldata doesn't report 64/32bit?
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Msg-id 2359.1197082827@sss.pgh.pa.us
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In response to pg_controldata doesn't report 64/32bit?  (Josh Berkus <josh@agliodbs.com>)
Responses Re: pg_controldata doesn't report 64/32bit?  (Gregory Stark <stark@enterprisedb.com>)
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Josh Berkus <josh@agliodbs.com> writes:
> I've just noticed that pg_controldata doesn't say anything about whether 
> the database is 64-bit or 32-bit.

That's because there is no such concept.

> Since the data files can be 
> incompatible based on word length, shouldn't that be in pg_controldata?

They can't be incompatible "based on word length".  They can be
incompatible based on MAXALIGN ... which *is* reported.
        regards, tom lane

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