Re: Tom Lane 2015-05-26 <18863.1432661...@sss.pgh.pa.us> > Christoph Berg <m...@debian.org> writes: > > Still, exposing GetStableLatestTransactionId() on the SQL level would > > make sense for monitoring transaction throughput. > > Perhaps, though I wonder why we should expose that and not just report the > result of ReadNewTransactionId() --- or in txid.c's case, the result of > GetNextXidAndEpoch().
Whatever is most suitable, yes. > In either case it would have to be a new function, > not unilaterally redefining what txid_current() does. Sure. I think the OP's point was (or should have been), to make txid_current not draw a new xid when run outside a transaction block, though it's questionable if that wouldn't just add a POLA-violating layer. Christoph -- c...@df7cb.de | http://www.df7cb.de/ -- Sent via pgsql-hackers mailing list (pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-hackers
