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From: Álvaro Herrera <[email protected]>
To: Shinya Kato <[email protected]>
To: pgsql-hackers <[email protected]>
Subject: Re: Use pg_current_xact_id() instead of deprecated txid_current()
Date: Sun, 08 Feb 2026 11:50:24 +0100
Message-ID: <[email protected]> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CAOzEurQetW=-1+OnMo8baeVQF=-kAr-wNtFcgRNo+ErPk=xsDQ@mail.gmail.com>
References: <CAOzEurQetW=-1+OnMo8baeVQF=-kAr-wNtFcgRNo+ErPk=xsDQ@mail.gmail.com>

On 2026-02-08, Shinya Kato wrote:

> Since pg_current_xact_id() returns xid8 which does not support
> arithmetic operators, places that need "xid + 1" cast the result via
> ::text::bigint first.

I think it may be better to add some operators, or was there a rationale for these not being there?

-- 
Álvaro Herrera

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