Re: xmin

[Richard Huxton <dev@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Ilja Golshtein wrote:
> Hello!
>
> Is it Ok to use xmin column in application programm?
>
> Purpose is obvios: I need to know the record was not changed since
> a moment in the past and things like this. 
> So every UPDATE should somehow change value of the column.
>
> The choice it trigger or xmin.
> Which is better (from perfomance, reliability, compartibility,
> whatever, point of view)?

The only problem with using xmin is that it's not portable. You won't 
find it in Mysql/Oracle etc.

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  Richard Huxton
  Archonet Ltd