RE: RE: xlog loose ends, continued

From: "Mikheev, Vadim" <vmikheev(at)SECTORBASE(dot)COM>
To: "'Zeugswetter Andreas SB'" <ZeugswetterA(at)wien(dot)spardat(dot)at>, "'Tom Lane'" <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
Cc: pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: RE: RE: xlog loose ends, continued
Date: 2001-03-13 18:45:16
Message-ID: 8F4C99C66D04D4118F580090272A7A234D331C@sectorbase1.sectorbase.com
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> > It will be sufficient if DB will not use all 2^32 XIDs
> > without shutdown.
>
> I liked the xid wraparound idea, won't that be sufficient here too ?
> I don't like the idea to reuse a xid sooner than absolutely necessary.

We need it to reduce pg_log size requirements.

> This would complicate the search for potentially inconsistent pages
> after crash.

There is no such search currently and I can't imagine how/when/for what
to do such search.
?

Vadim

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