Re: [PATCH 10/16] Introduce the concept that wal has a 'origin' node

On 21 June 2012 03:13, Heikki Linnakangas
<heikki(dot)linnakangas(at)enterprisedb(dot)com> wrote:
> On 20.06.2012 21:51, Simon Riggs wrote:
>>
>> On 21 June 2012 02:32, Heikki Linnakangas
>> <heikki(dot)linnakangas(at)enterprisedb(dot)com>  wrote:
>>>
>>> I'm not saying that we need to implement all possible conflict resolution
>>>
>>> algorithms right now - on the contrary I think conflict resolution
>>> belongs
>>> outside core
>>
>>
>> It's a pretty standard requirement to have user defined conflict
>> handling, if that's what you mean.
>>
>> I'm OK with conflict handling being outside of core as a module, if
>> that's what people think. We just need a commit hook. That is more
>> likely to allow a workable solution with 9.3 as well, ISTM. It's
>> likely to be contentious...
>
>
> Hmm, what do you need to happen at commit time?
>
> We already have RegisterXactCallback(), if that's enough...

Let me refer back to my notes and discuss this later, I'm just going
from vague memory here, which isn't helpful.

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