Heikki Linnakangas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: >> Hmm. There seems to be something wrong in the free space calculation in >> the algorithm for choosing the right split location. I'll dig deeper, >> unless someone beats me to it..
> I think I found it. The page splitting code didn't take into account > that when the new item is the first one on the right page, it also > becomes the high key of the left page. The fact that this test case > triggered it in 32 bit machines and not on 64 bit machines was a > coincidence. > Patch attached. Patch applied. I tried Joe's example with the maximum and minimum possible fillfactors, and saw no failure, which may or may not prove a lot. Are you still concerned about the PageGetFreeSpace issue? regards, tom lane ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 1: if posting/reading through Usenet, please send an appropriate subscribe-nomail command to [EMAIL PROTECTED] so that your message can get through to the mailing list cleanly