Re: Exposing the Xact commit order to the user - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From Greg Sabino Mullane
Subject Re: Exposing the Xact commit order to the user
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Msg-id 95a6a1132b8673c6d0cb6cab25fe441e@biglumber.com
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In response to Exposing the Xact commit order to the user  (Jan Wieck <JanWieck@Yahoo.com>)
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> Exposing the data will be done via a set returning function. The SRF
> takes two arguments. The maximum number of rows to return and the last
> serial number processed by the reader. The advantage of such SRF is that
> the result can be used in a query that right away delivers audit or
> replication log information in transaction commit order. The SRF can
> return an empty set if no further transactions have committed since, or
> an error if data segments needed to answer the request have already been
> purged.

In light of the proposed purging scheme, how would it be able to distinguish 
between those two cases (nothing there yet vs. was there but purged)?

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Greg Sabino Mullane greg@turnstep.com
End Point Corporation http://www.endpoint.com/
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