Robert Haas <robertmh...@gmail.com> writes:
> On Fri, Jan 28, 2011 at 10:13 AM, Tom Lane <t...@sss.pgh.pa.us> wrote:
>> Say what?  A heap deletion compacts the page --- it will certainly fail
>> badly on torn-page.

> What do you mean by "compacts the page"?  I would interpret that to
> mean "reclaims the space formerly used by the tuple being deleted",
> but it certainly can't do that.

Oh, I'm sorry, I was confusing the case with vacuum cleanup.  Obviously
hadn't consumed any caffeine yet.  Nevermind ...

                        regards, tom lane

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