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Re: WIP: Fast GiST index build

Heikki Linnakangas <heikki.linnakangas@enterprisedb.com>

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From: Heikki Linnakangas <heikki.linnakangas@enterprisedb.com>
To: Alexander Korotkov <aekorotkov@gmail.com>
Cc: pgsql-hackers <pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org>
Date: 2011-07-27T14:05:50Z
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On 27.07.2011 15:29, Alexander Korotkov wrote:
> I found a problem in WAL with this patch. I use simplified insert algorithm
> in my patch which don't insert downlink one by one but insert them at once.
> Thus FollowRight flag is leaving uncleared when redoing from WAL, because
> only one flag can be cleared by one WAL record. Do you think modification of
> WAL record structure is possible or I have to insert downlink one by one in
> buffering build too?

Dunno, both approaches seem reasonable to me. There's no rule against 
changing WAL record structure across major releases, if that's what you 
were worried about.

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