On Thu, 2011-04-07 at 20:14 -0400, Bruce Momjian wrote: > So I think we have four possible approaches to correct databases: > > 1) SELECT * to set the hint bits > 2) VACUUM to set the hint bits > 3) VACUUM FREEZE to remove the old xids > 4) some complicated function > > I don't like #4, and I think I can script #2 and #3 in psql by using COPY > to create a VACUUM script and then run it with \i. #1 is easy in a DO > block with PL/pgSQL.
The only one that sounds very reasonable to me is #3. If there are any xids older than the relfrozenxid, we need to get rid of them. If there is some reason that doesn't work, I suppose we can consider the alternatives. But I don't like the hint-bit-setting approach much. What if the xmax is really a transaction that got an exclusive lock on the tuple, rather than actually deleting it? Are you sure that a SELECT (or even a normal VACUUM) would get rid of that xid, or might something still try to look it up in the clog later? Not only that, but hint-bit-setting is not WAL-logged, so you'd really have to do a checkpoint afterward. Regards, Jeff Davis -- Sent via pgsql-hackers mailing list (pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-hackers