On 30 March 2013 18:20, Andres Freund <andres(at)2ndquadrant(dot)com> wrote:
> Imo this shouldn't be needed.
In principle, I think your premise looks correct. ExtendCLOG() is not needed.
If the xid truly is "known assigned" at a point in time, then the clog
should already have been extended to allow that.
I can't recall any special case there, but there may be one.
Given that it seems to work, changing it requires more care...
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