Re: HOT patch - version 15 - Mailing list pgsql-patches

From Pavan Deolasee
Subject Re: HOT patch - version 15
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Msg-id 2e78013d0709110517o4fb784e2u2c0ccb985b9f11d7@mail.gmail.com
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In response to Re: HOT patch - version 15  ("Pavan Deolasee" <pavan.deolasee@gmail.com>)
Responses Re: HOT patch - version 15  (Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>)
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On 9/11/07, Pavan Deolasee <pavan.deolasee@gmail.com> wrote:

- Track the minimum xmin in the page header to avoid repeated
(wasted) attempts to prune a Prunable page in the presence of long running
transactions.


I would actually think twice before even doing this because this would lead to
complete change in heap page structure and stop people from upgrading
to 8.3 without a complete dump/restore. I don't remember 8.3 introduces any other
significant change which already enforces that.

Thanks,
Pavan

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