Kris Jurka <books(at)ejurka(dot)com> writes:
> On Sun, 14 Nov 2004, Tom Lane wrote:
>> Is your current value one less than a multiple of 16, by any chance?
> Currently 32. It is unclear whether you think 31 is the failure case your
> thinking of or whether 31 might help.
No, 32 is actually the best case (most slop) if I'm reading the code
correctly.
I'd suggest an update to 7.3 or later ...
regards, tom lane