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15 | 15 | <H1>Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) for PostgreSQL</H1> |
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17 | | - <P>Last updated: Tue Feb 12 12:14:52 EST 2002</P> |
| 17 | + <P>Last updated: Tue Feb 12 12:18:09 EST 2002</P> |
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19 | 19 | <P>Current maintainer: Bruce Momjian (<A href= |
20 | 20 | "mailto:pgman@candle.pha.pa.us">pgman@candle.pha.pa.us</A>)<BR> |
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120 | 120 | <A href="#4.15.3">4.15.3</A>) Don't <I>currval()</I> and |
121 | 121 | <I>nextval()</I> lead to a race condition with other users?<BR> |
122 | 122 | <A href="#4.15.4">4.15.4</A>) Why aren't my sequence numbers reused |
123 | | - on transaction abort? Why are there gaps in the numbers of my |
| 123 | + on transaction abort? Why are there gaps in the numbering of my |
124 | 124 | sequence/SERIAL column?<BR> |
125 | 125 | <A href="#4.16">4.16</A>) What is an <SMALL>OID</SMALL>? What is a |
126 | 126 | <SMALL>TID</SMALL>?<BR> |
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1096 | 1096 | backend, not by all users.</P> |
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1098 | 1098 | <H4><A name="4.15.4">4.15.4</A>) Why aren't my sequence numbers reused |
1099 | | - on transaction abort? Why are there gaps in the numbers of my |
| 1099 | + on transaction abort? Why are there gaps in the numbering of my |
1100 | 1100 | sequence/SERIAL column?</H4> |
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1102 | 1102 | <P>To improve concurrency, sequence values are given out to running |
1103 | | - transactions as needed and are now <i>locked</i> until the |
1104 | | - transaction completes. This causes gaps in numbering from aborted |
1105 | | - transactions. |
| 1103 | + transactions as needed and are not locked until the transaction |
| 1104 | + completes. This causes gaps in numbering from aborted transactions. |
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1107 | 1106 | <H4><A name="4.16">4.16</A>) What is an <SMALL>OID</SMALL>? What is |
1108 | 1107 | a <SMALL>TID</SMALL>?</H4> |
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