Re: Page type

From: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: Bruce Momjian <pgman(at)candle(dot)pha(dot)pa(dot)us>
Cc: Manfred Koizar <mkoi-pg(at)aon(dot)at>, pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: Page type
Date: 2002-08-20 02:33:13
Message-ID: 2033.1029810793@sss.pgh.pa.us
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Bruce Momjian <pgman(at)candle(dot)pha(dot)pa(dot)us> writes:
> I didn't follow the index part completely, but will heap and index pages
> have the version info in the same offset?

Sure, low byte of pd_pagesize.

> Will there be a way to easily identify an index page vs. a heap page.

There already is: heap pages have zero special-space size, indexes
don't.

regards, tom lane

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