Re: [PATCHES] [PATCH] Provide 8-byte transaction IDs to user level

Marko Kreen <markokr@gmail.com> writes:
> Following patch exports 8 byte txid and snapshot to user level
> allowing its use in regular SQL.  It is based on Slony-I xxid
> module.  It provides special 'snapshot' type for snapshot but
> uses regular int8 for transaction ID's.

Per discussion, I've applied a patch that just implements tracking of
"XID epoch" in checkpoints.  This should be sufficient to let xxid be
handled as an external module.

            regards, tom lane