From: Bruce Momjian Date: Sat, 30 Dec 2006 20:31:11 +0000 (+0000) Subject: Clarify wording on when ctid is modified by VACUUM FULL. X-Git-Tag: REL8_3_BETA1~1629 X-Git-Url: https://granicus.if.org/sourcecode?a=commitdiff_plain;h=24b1f14eae0b83ef5d6b269ebf1ecae2f3acbb8c;p=postgresql Clarify wording on when ctid is modified by VACUUM FULL. --- diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/ddl.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/ddl.sgml index 6dd740fbfe..6896b7b90b 100644 --- a/doc/src/sgml/ddl.sgml +++ b/doc/src/sgml/ddl.sgml @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ - + Data Definition @@ -974,7 +974,7 @@ CREATE TABLE order_items ( The physical location of the row version within its table. Note that although the ctid can be used to locate the row version very quickly, a row's - ctid will change each time it is + ctid will change if it is updated or moved by VACUUM FULL. Therefore ctid is useless as a long-term row identifier. The OID, or even better a user-defined serial