Re: [PATCHES] Automatic free space map filling

Simon Riggs <simon@2ndquadrant.com>

From: Simon Riggs <simon@2ndquadrant.com>
To: ITAGAKI Takahiro <itagaki.takahiro@lab.ntt.co.jp>
Cc: pgsql-patches@postgresql.org, pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org
Date: 2006-03-14T08:55:40Z
Lists: pgsql-hackers
On Mon, 2006-03-13 at 17:38 +0900, ITAGAKI Takahiro wrote:
> Simon Riggs <simon@2ndquadrant.com> wrote:
> 
> > > "Zeugswetter Andreas DCP SD" <ZeugswetterA@spardat.at> wrote:
> > > > Ok, we cannot reuse a dead tuple. Maybe we can reuse the space of a dead
> > > > tuple by reducing the tuple to it's header info.
> > > 
> > > Attached patch realizes the concept of his idea. The dead tuples will be
> > > reduced to their headers are done by bgwriter.
> > 
> > I'm interested in this patch but you need to say more about it. I get
> > the general idea but it would be useful if you could give a full
> > description of what this patch is trying to do and why.
> 
> OK, I try to explain the patch. Excuse me for a long writing.

OK. I'll take a look at this, thanks.

Best Regards, Simon Riggs