From: Bruce Momjian <bruce@momjian.us>
To: pgsql-committers@lists.postgresql.org
Subject: pgsql: doc: warn about the use of "ctid" queries beyond the examples
Date: Fri, 26 Dec 2025 22:34:39 +0000
Message-ID: <E1vZGOM-002reM-16@gemulon.postgresql.org> (raw)
doc: warn about the use of "ctid" queries beyond the examples
Also be more assertive that "ctid" should not be used for long-term
storage.
Reported-by: Bernice Southey
Discussion: https://postgr.es/m/CAEDh4nyn5swFYuSfcnGAbpQrKOc47Hh_ZyKVSPYJcu2P=51Luw@mail.gmail.com
Backpatch-through: 17
Branch
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REL_18_STABLE
Details
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https://git.postgresql.org/pg/commitdiff/c6d2cd06cb43050fbe5cc1a928bdb9eb0299ca27
Modified Files
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doc/src/sgml/ddl.sgml | 2 +-
doc/src/sgml/ref/delete.sgml | 3 +++
doc/src/sgml/ref/update.sgml | 3 +++
3 files changed, 7 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
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