Add tid_block() and tid_offset() accessor functions
The two new functions allow to extract the block number and offset from a tid.
There are existing ways to do so (e.g. by doing (ctid::text::point)[0]), but
they are hard to remember and not pretty.
tid_block() returns int8 (bigint) because BlockNumber is uint32, which exceeds
the range of int4. tid_offset() returns int4 (integer) because OffsetNumber is
uint16, which fits safely in int4.
Bumps catversion.
Author: Ayush Tiwari <ayushtiwari.slg01@gmail.com>
Discussion: https://postgr.es/m/CAJTYsWUzok2+mvSYkbVUwq_SWWg-GdHqCuYumN82AU97SjwjCA@mail.gmail.com
Branch
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master
Details
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https://git.postgresql.org/pg/commitdiff/df6949ccf7a6d5160e3068ed843eb46ab7bc2601
Modified Files
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doc/src/sgml/func/allfiles.sgml | 1 +
doc/src/sgml/func/func-tid.sgml | 70 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
doc/src/sgml/func/func.sgml | 1 +
src/backend/utils/adt/tid.c | 29 +++++++++++++
src/include/catalog/catversion.h | 2 +-
src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat | 6 +++
src/test/regress/expected/opr_sanity.out | 2 +
src/test/regress/expected/tid.out | 66 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
src/test/regress/sql/tid.sql | 21 ++++++++++
9 files changed, 197 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
