Thread: pgsql: Add pg_visibility contrib module.

pgsql: Add pg_visibility contrib module.

From
Robert Haas
Date:
Add pg_visibility contrib module.

This lets you examine the visibility map as well as page-level
visibility information.  I initially wrote it as a debugging aid,
but was encouraged to polish it for commit.

Patch by me, reviewed by Masahiko Sawada.

Discussion: 56D77803.6080503@BlueTreble.com

Branch
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master

Details
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http://git.postgresql.org/pg/commitdiff/ba0a198fb133eb3426bffdc2e369cce1bafe1612

Modified Files
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contrib/Makefile                             |   1 +
contrib/pg_visibility/Makefile               |  19 ++
contrib/pg_visibility/pg_visibility--1.0.sql |  52 ++++
contrib/pg_visibility/pg_visibility.c        | 350 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++
contrib/pg_visibility/pg_visibility.control  |   5 +
doc/src/sgml/contrib.sgml                    |   1 +
doc/src/sgml/filelist.sgml                   |   1 +
doc/src/sgml/pgvisibility.sgml               | 110 +++++++++
doc/src/sgml/storage.sgml                    |   5 +
9 files changed, 544 insertions(+)