From: Simon Riggs <simon@2ndQuadrant.com>
To: Bruce Momjian <bruce@momjian.us>
Cc: pgsql-docs <pgsql-docs@postgresql.org>
Subject: Re: Incorrect description of xmax and xip in functions docs
Date: Sun, 07 Sep 2008 12:14:23 +0100
Message-ID: <1220786063.3913.8.camel@ebony.2ndQuadrant> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <200809070131.m871V2j00862@momjian.us>
References: <200809070131.m871V2j00862@momjian.us>
On Sat, 2008-09-06 at 21:31 -0400, Bruce Momjian wrote:
> Applied, and attached.
Thanks.
> > And for txid_visible_in_snapshot() comment added:
> > "Function should not be used with subtransaction xids. It is possible
> > that this function will return a true result for a subtransaction xid
> > that was actually still in progress at the time of the snapshot".
>
> I think the cleaner solution is to throw an appropriate error if a
> subtransaction xid is used, rather than adding documentation.
Or maybe check subtrans for it, as it really should be doing.
--
Simon Riggs www.2ndQuadrant.com
PostgreSQL Training, Services and Support
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