On Thu, Feb 19, 2026, at 3:43 PM, Andres Freund wrote: > Hi, > > On 2026-02-17 16:15:02 -0500, Greg Burd wrote: >> > Why does simple_heap_update() need to do the HeapDetermineColumnsInfo() >> > inside heap_update()? It seems like you're trying to avoid doing the >> > same work the executor is doing to determine the modified_attrs bitmap, >> > but either (a) the work is cheap; or (b) the work to make the bitmap is >> > expensive. >> >> simple_heap_update() is exclusively called during catalog tuple updates and >> does not involve the executor at all, these are direct calls into heap to >> store catalog tuples.
Hey Andres, > Just FYI, there are probably a fair number of extensions using > simple_heap_update(). That number used to be a lot higher, but I don't think > there should be a hard assumption about it just being used for catalog updates > in the code. Makes sense. These patches don't change simple_heap_update() in any functional way and so extensions should be fine. > Greetings, > > Andres Freund best. -greg
