Re: [HACKERS] TransactionStateData and AbsoluteTime - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From Peter Eisentraut
Subject Re: [HACKERS] TransactionStateData and AbsoluteTime
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Msg-id Pine.LNX.4.21.0003051436470.347-100000@localhost.localdomain
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In response to TransactionStateData and AbsoluteTime  (Tatsuo Ishii <t-ishii@sra.co.jp>)
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Tatsuo Ishii writes:

> Shouldn't we use timestamp instead of AbsoluteTime in
> TransactionStateData?  It also gives more precision.

Thomas was hesitant to using 8 byte types internally across the board. He
must have his reasons.

I think that eventually *all* time'ish stuff should be moved to the new
stuff but perhaps we should wait until the current datetime-related panic
has died down. :)

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