Jeff <threshar(at)threshar(dot)is-a-geek(dot)com> writes:
> On Jun 16, 2008, at 3:35 PM, Tom Lane wrote:
>> the result of decompressing an inline-compressed datum, because those
>> have no unique ID that could be used for a lookup key. This puts a
>> bit of a
> Wouldn't the tid fit this? or table oid + tid?
No. The killer reason why not is that at the time we need to decompress
a datum, we don't know what row it came from. There are some other
problems too...
regards, tom lane