> > It will be sufficient if DB will not use all 2^32 XIDs 
> > without shutdown.
> 
> I liked the xid wraparound idea, won't that be sufficient here too ?
> I don't like the idea to reuse a xid sooner than absolutely necessary.

We need it to reduce pg_log size requirements.

> This would complicate the search for potentially inconsistent pages
> after crash.

There is no such search currently and I can't imagine how/when/for what
to do such search.
?

Vadim

Tue, 13 Mar 2001 10:45:16 -0800
"Mikheev, Vadim" <vmikheev@SECTORBASE.COM>
RE: RE: xlog loose ends, continued