Re: xmin - Mailing list pgsql-general

From Richard Huxton
Subject Re: xmin
Date
Msg-id 44D22DC3.9050804@archonet.com
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In response to xmin  ("Ilja Golshtein" <ilejn@yandex.ru>)
List pgsql-general
Ilja Golshtein wrote:
> Hello!
>
> Is it Ok to use xmin column in application programm?
>
> Purpose is obvios: I need to know the record was not changed since
> a moment in the past and things like this.
> So every UPDATE should somehow change value of the column.
>
> The choice it trigger or xmin.
> Which is better (from perfomance, reliability, compartibility,
> whatever, point of view)?

The only problem with using xmin is that it's not portable. You won't
find it in Mysql/Oracle etc.

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   Richard Huxton
   Archonet Ltd

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