Re: BitmapHeapScan streaming read user and prelim refactoring

From: Robert Haas <robertmhaas(at)gmail(dot)com>
To: Heikki Linnakangas <hlinnaka(at)iki(dot)fi>
Cc: Dilip Kumar <dilipbalaut(at)gmail(dot)com>, Melanie Plageman <melanieplageman(at)gmail(dot)com>, Nazir Bilal Yavuz <byavuz81(at)gmail(dot)com>, Andres Freund <andres(at)anarazel(dot)de>, Pg Hackers <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>, Thomas Munro <thomas(dot)munro(at)gmail(dot)com>, Tomas Vondra <tomas(dot)vondra(at)enterprisedb(dot)com>
Subject: Re: BitmapHeapScan streaming read user and prelim refactoring
Date: 2024-03-14 12:34:37
Message-ID: CA+TgmoYiYQLSyj_-yjrtAkUTt+2i-k_NUek+tpr37EzAGXKO3A@mail.gmail.com
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On Thu, Mar 14, 2024 at 6:37 AM Heikki Linnakangas <hlinnaka(at)iki(dot)fi> wrote:
> If es_snapshot was different from the active snapshot, things would get
> weird, even without parallel query. The scans would use es_snapshot for
> the visibility checks, but any functions you execute in quals would use
> the active snapshot.

Hmm, that's an interesting point.

The case where the query is suspended and resumed - i.e. cursors are
used - probably needs more analysis. In that case, perhaps there's
more room for the snapshots to diverge.

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Robert Haas
EDB: http://www.enterprisedb.com

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