From: | Bruce Momjian <bruce(at)momjian(dot)us> |
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To: | Heikki Linnakangas <heikki(at)enterprisedb(dot)com> |
Cc: | PostgreSQL-development <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org> |
Subject: | Re: Heap page diagnostic functions |
Date: | 2007-04-30 22:33:18 |
Message-ID: | 200704302233.l3UMXIS15312@momjian.us |
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Sounds good, though I am worried that "forensics" will not be a word
easily understood by non-native English speakers.
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Heikki Linnakangas wrote:
> I'm taking over Simon's heap page diagnostic functions to get them into
> shape for committing.
>
> I'm thinking of having a new contrib-module for them: pgforensics. All
> the new functions go there, and I'm also going to move bt_page_items,
> bt_page_stats, and bt_metap functions from pgstattuple to the new
> module. They're all low-level functions that no application should be
> calling, so there shouldn't be any compatibility issues in moving them.
>
> That'd leave only the functions that a DBA or tools should be concerned
> with in pgstattuple, and all the low-level debugging aids to the new
> module. Thoughts?
>
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