On Thu, Oct 28, 2021 at 10:29:52AM -0400, Chapman Flack wrote: > Hi, > > According to a reported PL/Java issue [0], SubTransactionId in > Postgres PRO EE 13 has become a typedef uint64 rather than uint32. > > What are the plans for this type upstream? I notice it is still uint32 > here, even for 14. Are there plans for it to become uint64 at some point? > Or to become something else entirely? > > I am deliberating whether I should just make the Java type 64 bits and say > "thereifixedit", or if some other approach would be more futureproof.
I know of no plans to implement 64-bit transaction ids in community Postgres because of the longer tuple header and file format changes. It is discussed occasionally though. -- Bruce Momjian <br...@momjian.us> https://momjian.us EDB https://enterprisedb.com If only the physical world exists, free will is an illusion.
