Re: Index trouble with 8.3b4

From: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: Jeff Davis <pgsql(at)j-davis(dot)com>
Cc: Hannes Dorbath <light(at)theendofthetunnel(dot)de>, pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: Index trouble with 8.3b4
Date: 2008-01-14 21:53:39
Message-ID: 6755.1200347619@sss.pgh.pa.us
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Jeff Davis <pgsql(at)j-davis(dot)com> writes:
> On Sun, 2008-01-13 at 18:52 -0500, Tom Lane wrote:
>> I wonder whether there are any other places that are silently assuming
>> that heapscans start from page zero ...

> I considered that question when implementing sync scans, but I could not
> think of any specific areas of the code that would likely be affected.

I went through all of the heap_beginscan calls in the code last night.
pgstattuple was broken but AFAICS none of the other callers care about
the visitation order. I wonder though about third-party add-ons :-(

regards, tom lane

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