Re: recovery from xid wraparound
- From: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
- To: Martijn van Oosterhout <kleptog(at)svana(dot)org>
- Cc: Shane Wright <shane(dot)wright(at)edigitalresearch(dot)com>, pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org
- Subject: Re: recovery from xid wraparound
- Date: Tue, 24 Oct 2006 10:08:23 -0400
- Message-id: <8303(dot)1161698903(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
Martijn van Oosterhout <kleptog(at)svana(dot)org> writes:
> A VACUUM will recover any data that slipped beyond the horizon less
> than 1 billion transactions ago, which I think covers you completely.
> The only issue is that unique indexes may be confused because new
> conflicting data may have been inserted while the old data was
> invisible. Only you can say if that's going to be an issue.
I don't think there's a risk there. Uniqueness checks use SnapshotDirty
so they aren't time-sensitive.
regards, tom lane
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