Tom Lane wrote:
> Bruce Momjian <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> > However, the function only does a subtraction with no adjustment for
> > overflow, and considering it returns a signed int, it can't even display
> > the full range of valid values:
> 
> Say again?  The possible range of ages is only 2 billion.

If we assume that only xid stored in actual tables are used, yes:

        test=> select txid_current();
         txid_current
        --------------
                  402
        (1 row)
        
        test=> select age('4294967290'::xid);
         age
        -----
         409
        (1 row)

OK, so it does work based on the limitations we place on stored xids.

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