Re: Draft back-branch release notes are up for review

From: Peter Geoghegan <pg(at)bowt(dot)ie>
To: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
Cc: Noah Misch <noah(at)leadboat(dot)com>, PostgreSQL Hackers <pgsql-hackers(at)lists(dot)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: Draft back-branch release notes are up for review
Date: 2019-06-15 22:12:50
Message-ID: CAH2-Wz=w+byD80jb3R5hGFB9artrgn84FtSTW8z41wX6-XwX8A@mail.gmail.com
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On Sat, Jun 15, 2019 at 3:05 PM Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us> wrote:
> Thanks for the input, guys. What do you think of
>
> Avoid writing an invalid empty btree index page in the unlikely case
> that a failure occurs while processing INCLUDEd columns during a page
> split (Peter Geoghegan)
>
> The invalid page would not affect normal index operations, but it
> might cause failures in subsequent VACUUMs. If that has happened to
> one of your indexes, recover by reindexing the index.

That seems perfect.

Thanks
--
Peter Geoghegan

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