Re: What's the XID?

"ivan.hou" <ivan.hou@msa.hinet.net> writes:
> step 1. SELECT datname, age(datfrozenxid) FROM pg_database;
> --> mydb age:33183
> step 2. SELECT datname, age(datfrozenxid) FROM pg_database;
> --> mydb age:33188

> why always increased by 5?

If you do it directly in psql, it increases by 1.

> Postgresql Ver:8.1.3
> using pgAdminIII Query window

Perhaps you should ask the pgAdmin people what they're doing behind your
back ...

            regards, tom lane