Re: vacuum does not reclaim rows - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From Tom Lane
Subject Re: vacuum does not reclaim rows
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Msg-id 25076.1058762732@sss.pgh.pa.us
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In response to Re: vacuum does not reclaim rows  (Bruce Momjian <pgman@candle.pha.pa.us>)
Responses Re: vacuum does not reclaim rows  (Bruce Momjian <pgman@candle.pha.pa.us>)
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Bruce Momjian <pgman@candle.pha.pa.us> writes:
> This might be a stupid question, but why does one backend have to care
> about the global xmin at all?  Isn't the local xmin the only important
> value?

Not when it's looking at shared tables.

Do you want to try to make the tqual code aware of whether it's looking
at a shared or nonshared table?  I don't honestly think it's worth it...
        regards, tom lane


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