Re: pgsql: During index build, check and elog (not just Assert) for broken

From: Alvaro Herrera <alvherre(at)2ndquadrant(dot)com>
To: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
Cc: pgsql-committers(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: pgsql: During index build, check and elog (not just Assert) for broken
Date: 2014-03-17 16:41:53
Message-ID: 20140317164153.GN6899@eldon.alvh.no-ip.org
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Tom Lane wrote:
> During index build, check and elog (not just Assert) for broken HOT chain.
>
> The recently-fixed bug in WAL replay could result in not finding a parent
> tuple for a heap-only tuple. The existing code would either Assert or
> generate an invalid index entry, neither of which is desirable. Throw a
> regular error instead.

Thanks.

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