Re: getting rid of SnapshotNow

From: Hiroshi Inoue <inoue(at)tpf(dot)co(dot)jp>
To: Robert Haas <robertmhaas(at)gmail(dot)com>
Cc: pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org, pgsql-odbc(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: getting rid of SnapshotNow
Date: 2013-07-19 15:49:11
Message-ID: 51E95FF7.4000004@tpf.co.jp
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(2013/07/18 21:46), Robert Haas wrote:
> There seems to be a consensus that we should try to get rid of
> SnapshotNow entirely now that we have MVCC catalog scans, so I'm
> attaching two patches that together come close to achieving that goal:

...

> With that done, the only remaining uses of SnapshotNow in our code
> base will be in currtid_byreloid() and currtid_byrelname(). So far no
> one on this list has been able to understand clearly what the purpose
> of those functions is, so I'm copying this email to pgsql-odbc in case
> someone there can provide more insight. If I were a betting man, I'd
> bet that they are used in contexts where the difference between
> SnapshotNow and SnapshotSelf wouldn't matter there, either.

Using SnapshotSelf instead of SnapshotNow for currtid_ () wouldn't
matter.

regards,
Hiroshi Inoue

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