Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us> wrote:
> "Kevin Grittner" <Kevin(dot)Grittner(at)wicourts(dot)gov> writes:
>> According to htup.h:
>> * t_self and t_tableOid should be valid if the HeapTupleData
>> * points to a disk buffer, or if it represents a copy of a tuple
>> * on disk. They should be explicitly set invalid in manufactured
>> * tuples.
>
>> In the heap_hot_search_buffer function of heapam.c this is not
>> true.
> What that comment is recommending is
>
> ItemPointerSetInvalid(&(tuple.t_self));
Aren't those tuples pointing to a disk buffer? I know how to set an
invalid pointer, but I thought that was only for manufactured
tuples?
-Kevin