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Last updated: Fri Jun 9 21:54:54 EDT 2000
Current maintainer: Bruce Momjian ( The most recent version of this document can be viewed at the Aside from the User documentation mentioned in the regular FAQ, Second, you really should have an editor that can handle tags, Third, you need to get id-utils from: make_diff has tools to create patch diff files that can Our standard format is to indent each code level with one tab, pgindent is run on all source files just before each beta I have four good books, An Introduction to Database There is also a database performance site, with a handbook palloc() and pfree() are used in place of malloc() We do this because this allows a consistent way to pass data Here are some of the List manipulation commands: The source code is over 250,000 lines. Many problems/features Another thing to keep in mind is that many fixes and features When adding code, keep in mind that it should use the existing There are several ways to obtain the source tree. Occasional To update the source tree, there are two ways. You can generate For hard-core developers, Marc([email protected]) will give First, use psql to make sure it is working as you expect. The structures passing around from the parser, rewrite, Table, column, type, function, and view names are stored in Many functions are called with both types of names, ie. You first need to find the tuples(rows) you are interested in. The rows returned are cache-owned versions of the heap rows. If you can't use the system cache, you will need to retrieve the Open the table with heap_open(). You can then start a You can also use heap_fetch() to fetch rows by block Once you have the row, you can get data that is common to all elog() is used to send messages to the front-end, and The files configure and configure.in are part of When configure is run by the user, it tests various OS When you need to edit files, make sure you don't waste time There are a variety of places that need to be modified to add a Then, check src/include/port and add your new OS file, Normally, transactions can not see the rows they modify. This However, there are cases where a transactions needs to see rows There are several reasons threads are not used:+
+
+
+ postgreSQL Web site, + "http://PostgreSQL.org">http://PostgreSQL.org.
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
Questions
+
+
+
+
+ pfree() to allocate memory?
+
+ make data structures?
+
+
+ tree?
+
+
+ should I do?
+
+ names sometimes referenced as Name or NameData, and
+ sometimes as char *?
+
+ tables from the backend code?
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+ developers?
+
+
+ there are several development tools available. First, all the files
+ in the /tools directory are designed for developers.
- RELEASE_CHANGES changes we have to make for each release
- SQL_keywords standard SQL'92 keywords
- backend description/flowchart of the backend directories
- ccsym find standard defines made by your compiler
- entab converts tabs to spaces, used by pgindent
- find_static finds functions that could be made static
- find_typedef get a list of typedefs in the source code
- make_ctags make vi 'tags' file in each directory
- make_diff make *.orig and diffs of source
- make_etags make emacs 'etags' files
- make_keywords.README make comparison of our keywords and SQL'92
- make_mkid make mkid ID files
- mkldexport create AIX exports file
- pgindent indents C source files
- pginclude scripts for adding/removing include files
- unused_oids in pgsql/src/include/catalog
+ RELEASE_CHANGES changes we have to make for each release
+ SQL_keywords standard SQL'92 keywords
+ backend description/flowchart of the backend directories
+ ccsym find standard defines made by your compiler
+ entab converts tabs to spaces, used by pgindent
+ find_static finds functions that could be made static
+ find_typedef get a list of typedefs in the source code
+ make_ctags make vi 'tags' file in each directory
+ make_diff make *.orig and diffs of source
+ make_etags make emacs 'etags' files
+ make_keywords.README make comparison of our keywords and SQL'92
+ make_mkid make mkid ID files
+ mkldexport create AIX exports file
+ pgindent indents C source files
+ pginclude scripts for adding/removing include files
+ unused_oids in pgsql/src/include/catalog
+ Let me note some of these. If you point your browser at the
+ file:/usr/local/src/pgsql/src/tools/backend/index.html
+ directory, you will see few paragraphs describing the data flow,
+ the backend components in a flow chart, and a description of the
+ shared memory area. You can click on any flowchart box to see a
+ description. If you then click on the directory name, you will be
+ taken to the source directory, to browse the actual source code
+ behind it. We also have several README files in some source
+ directories to describe the function of the module. The browser
+ will display these when you enter the directory also. The
+ tools/backend directory is also contained on our web page
+ under the title How PostgreSQL Processes a Query.
+
+
+ so you can tag a function call to see the function definition, and
+ then tag inside that function to see an even lower-level function,
+ and then back out twice to return to the original function. Most
+ editors support this via tags or etags files.
+
+
+
+ +"ftp://alpha.gnu.org/gnu/id-utils-3.2d.tar.gz">ftp://alpha.gnu.org/gnu/id-utils-3.2d.tar.gz
+ +"ftp://tug.org/gnu/id-utils-3.2d.tar.gz">ftp://tug.org/gnu/id-utils-3.2d.tar.gz
+ +"ftp://ftp.enst.fr/pub/gnu/gnits/id-utils-3.2d.tar.gz">ftp://ftp.enst.fr/pub/gnu/gnits/id-utils-3.2d.tar.gz
+
+ By running tools/make_mkid, an archive of source symbols can
+ be created that can be rapidly queried like grep or edited.
+ Others prefer glimpse.
-Let me note some of these. If you point your browser at the
-file:/usr/local/src/pgsql/src/tools/backend/index.html directory,
-you will see few paragraphs describing the data flow, the backend
-components in a flow chart, and a description of the shared memory area.
-You can click on any flowchart box to see a description. If you then
-click on the directory name, you will be taken to the source directory,
-to browse the actual source code behind it. We also have several README
-files in some source directories to describe the function of the module.
- The browser will display these when you enter the directory also. The
-tools/backend directory is also contained on our web page under
-the title How PostgreSQL Processes a Query.
-
-
-Second, you really should have an editor that can handle tags, so you
-can tag a function call to see the function definition, and then tag
-inside that function to see an even lower-level function, and then back
-out twice to return to the original function. Most editors support this
-via tags or etags files.
-
-
-Third, you need to get id-utils from:
-
-
-
-
-
-
-By running tools/make_mkid, an archive of source symbols can be
-created that can be rapidly queried like grep or edited. Others
-prefer glimpse.
-
-
-make_diff has tools to create patch diff files that can be
-applied to the distribution.
-
+
+ be applied to the distribution.
-Our standard format is to indent each code level with one tab, where
-each tab is four spaces. You will need to set your editor to display
-tabs as four spaces:
-
+
+ where each tab is four spaces. You will need to set your editor to
+ display tabs as four spaces:
+ >
- vi in ~/.exrc:
- set tabstop=4
- set sw=4
- more:
- more -x4
- less:
- less -x4
- emacs:
- M-x set-variable tab-width
- or
- ; Cmd to set tab stops &etc for working with PostgreSQL code
+ vi in ~/.exrc:
+ set tabstop=4
+ set sw=4
+ more:
+ more -x4
+ less:
+ less -x4
+ emacs:
+ M-x set-variable tab-width
+ or
+ ; Cmd to set tab stops & indenting for working with PostgreSQL code
(c-add-style "pgsql"
- '("bsd"
+ '("bsd"
(indent-tabs-mode . t)
(c-basic-offset . 4)
(tab-width . 4)
- (c-offsets-alist .
+ (c-offsets-alist .
((case-label . +))))
t) ; t = set this mode on
- and add this to your autoload list (modify file path in macro):
-
- (setq auto-mode-alist
- (cons '("\\`/usr/local/src/pgsql/.*\\.[chyl]\\'" . pgsql-c-mode)
- auto-mode-alist))
- or
- /*
- * Local variables:
- * tab-width: 4
- * c-indent-level: 4
- * c-basic-offset: 4
- * End:
- */
+ and add this to your autoload list (modify file path in macro):
+
+ (setq auto-mode-alist
+ (cons '("\\`/usr/local/src/pgsql/.*\\.[chyl]\\'" . pgsql-c-mode)
+ auto-mode-alist))
+ or
+ /*
+ * Local variables:
+ * tab-width: 4
+ * c-indent-level: 4
+ * c-basic-offset: 4
+ * End:
+ */
-
-pgindent will the format code by specifying
-flags to your operating system's utility indent.
-pgindent is run on all source files just before each beta test
-period. It auto-formats all source files to make them consistent.
-Comment blocks that need specific line breaks should be formatted as
-block comments, where the comment starts as
-
/*------. These comments will not be reformatted in any-way.
-
-pginclude contains scripts used to add needed #include's to
-include files, and removed unneeded #include's.
-
-When adding system types, you will need to assign oids to them.
-There is also a script called unused_oids in
-pgsql/src/include/catalog that shows the unused oids.
-
-
-
-I have four good books, An Introduction to Database Systems, by
-C.J. Date, Addison, Wesley, A Guide to the SQL Standard, by C.J.
-Date, et. al, Addison, Wesley, Fundamentals of Database Systems,
-by Elmasri and Navathe, and Transaction Processing, by Jim Gray,
-Morgan, Kaufmann
-
-There is also a database performance site, with a handbook on-line
-written by Jim Gray at -HREF="http://www.benchmarkresources.com">http://www.benchmarkresources.com.
-
-
-
-
-to allocate memory?
-
-palloc() and pfree() are used in place of malloc() and
-free() because we automatically free all memory allocated when a
-transaction completes. This makes it easier to make sure we free memory
-that gets allocated in one place, but only freed much later. There are
-several contexts that memory can be allocated in, and this controls when
-the allocated memory is automatically freed by the backend.
-
-
-
-make data structures?
-
-We do this because this allows a consistent way to pass data inside the
-backend in a flexible way. Every node has a NodeTag which
-specifies what type of data is inside the Node. Lists are groups
-of Nodes chained together as a forward-linked list.
-Here are some of the List manipulation commands:
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-It is important to note that i is a List *, not the data in the
-List element. You need to use lfirst(i) to get at the data.
-Here is a typical code snipped that loops through a List containing
-Var *'s and processes each one:
+
+ pgindent will the format code by specifying flags to your
+ operating system's utility indent.
+
+
+ test period. It auto-formats all source files to make them
+ consistent. Comment blocks that need specific line breaks should be
+ formatted as block comments, where the comment starts as
+
/*------. These comments will not be reformatted in+ any way. pginclude contains scripts used to add needed
+ #include's to include files, and removed unneeded #include's. When
+ adding system types, you will need to assign oids to them. There is
+ also a script called unused_oids in
+ pgsql/src/include/catalog that shows the unused oids.
+
+
+
+
+ Systems, by C.J. Date, Addison, Wesley, A Guide to the SQL
+ Standard, by C.J. Date, et. al, Addison, Wesley,
+ Fundamentals of Database Systems, by Elmasri and Navathe,
+ and Transaction Processing, by Jim Gray, Morgan,
+ Kaufmann
+
+
+ on-line written by Jim Gray at + "http://www.benchmarkresources.com">http://www.benchmarkresources.com.
+
+
+ pfree() to allocate memory?
+
+
+ and free() because we automatically free all memory allocated when
+ a transaction completes. This makes it easier to make sure we free
+ memory that gets allocated in one place, but only freed much later.
+ There are several contexts that memory can be allocated in, and
+ this controls when the allocated memory is automatically freed by
+ the backend.
+
+
+ make data structures?
+
+
+ inside the backend in a flexible way. Every node has a
+ NodeTag which specifies what type of data is inside the
+ Node. Lists are groups of Nodes chained together as a
+ forward-linked list.
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+ loop through list, assigning each list element to
+ i. It is important to note that i is a List *,
+ not the data in the List element. You need to use
+ lfirst(i) to get at the data. Here is a typical code
+ snipped that loops through a List containing Var *'s
+ and processes each one:
-
- List *i, *list;
+
List *i, *list;
foreach(i, list)
{
/* process var here */
}
-
-
-
-node if list is NIL.
-
-
-that lcons.
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-List's containing integers instead of Node pointers are used to
-hold list of relation object id's and other integer quantities.
-
-
-You can print nodes easily inside gdb. First, to disable
-output truncation when you use the gdb print command:
+
+
+
+
+
+
+ new list with node if list is NIL.
+
+
+
+
+ expensive that lcons.
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+ nthi. List's containing integers instead of Node
+ pointers are used to hold list of relation object id's and
+ other integer quantities.
+
+
+ You can print nodes easily inside gdb. First, to disable
+ output truncation when you use the gdb print command:
+
+
(gdb) set print elements 0+
+
+ Instead of printing values in gdb format, you can use the next two
+ commands to print out List, Node, and structure contents in a
+ verbose format that is easier to understand. List's are unrolled
+ into nodes, and nodes are printed in detail. The first prints in a
+ short format, and the second in a long format:
-
- (gdb) set print elements 0
+
(gdb) call print(any_pointer)+ (gdb) call pprint(any_pointer)
-Instead of printing values in gdb format, you can use the next two
-commands to print out List, Node, and structure contents in a verbose
-format that is easier to understand. List's are unrolled into nodes,
-and nodes are printed in detail. The first prints in a short format,
-and the second in a long format:
+ The output appears in the postmaster log file, or on your screen if
+ you are running a backend directly without a postmaster.
+
+
+
+
+ are isolated to one specific area of the code. Others require
+ knowledge of much of the source. If you are confused about where to
+ start, ask the hackers list, and they will be glad to assess the
+ complexity and give pointers on where to start.
+
+
+ can be added with surprisingly little code. I often start by adding
+ code, then looking at other areas in the code where similar things
+ are done, and by the time I am finished, the patch is quite small
+ and compact.
+
+
+ facilities in the source, for performance reasons and for
+ simplicity. Often a review of existing code doing similar things is
+ helpful.
+
+
+ tree?
+
+
+ developers can just get the most recent source tree snapshot from
+ ftp.postgresql.org. For regular developers, you can use CVS. CVS
+ allows you to download the source tree, then occasionally update
+ your copy of the source tree with any new changes. Using CVS, you
+ don't have to download the entire source each time, only the
+ changed files. Anonymous CVS does not allows developers to update
+ the remote source tree, though privileged developers can do this.
+ There is a CVS FAQ on our web site that describes how to use remote
+ CVS. You can also use CVSup, which has similarly functionality, and
+ is available from ftp.postgresql.org.
+
+
+ a patch against your current source tree, perhaps using the
+ make_diff tools mentioned above, and send them to the patches list.
+ They will be reviewed, and applied in a timely manner. If the patch
+ is major, and we are in beta testing, the developers may wait for
+ the final release before applying your patches.
+
+
+ you a Unix shell account on postgresql.org, so you can use CVS to
+ update the main source tree, or you can ftp your files into your
+ account, patch, and cvs install the changes directly into the
+ source tree.
+
+
+
+
+ Then run src/test/regress and get the output of
+ src/test/regress/checkresults with and without your changes,
+ to see that your patch does not change the regression test in
+ unexpected ways. This practice has saved me many times. The
+ regression tests test the code in ways I would never do, and has
+ caught many bugs in my patches. By finding the problems now, you
+ save yourself a lot of debugging later when things are broken, and
+ you can't figure out when it happened.
+
+
+ else should I do?
+
+
+ optimizer, and executor require quite a bit of support. Most
+ structures have support routines in src/backend/nodes used
+ to create, copy, read, and output those structures. Make sure you
+ add support for your new field to these files. Find any other
+ places the structure may need code for your new field. mkid
+ is helpful with this (see above).
+
+
+ names sometimes referenced as Name or NameData, and
+ sometimes as char *?
+
+
+ system tables in columns of type Name. Name is a
+ fixed-length, null-terminated type of NAMEDATALEN bytes.
+ (The default value for NAMEDATALEN is 32 bytes.)
-
- (gdb) call print(any_pointer)
- (gdb) call pprint(any_pointer)
+
typedef struct nameData+ {
+ char data[NAMEDATALEN];
+ } NameData;
+ typedef NameData *Name;
-The output appears in the postmaster log file, or on your screen if you
-are running a backend directly without a postmaster.
-
-
-
-
-The source code is over 250,000 lines. Many problems/features are
-isolated to one specific area of the code. Others require knowledge of
-much of the source. If you are confused about where to start, ask the
-hackers list, and they will be glad to assess the complexity and give
-pointers on where to start.
-
-Another thing to keep in mind is that many fixes and features can be
-added with surprisingly little code. I often start by adding code, then
-looking at other areas in the code where similar things are done, and by
-the time I am finished, the patch is quite small and compact.
-
-When adding code, keep in mind that it should use the existing
-facilities in the source, for performance reasons and for simplicity.
-Often a review of existing code doing similar things is helpful.
-
-
-
-tree?
-
-
-There are several ways to obtain the source tree. Occasional developers
-can just get the most recent source tree snapshot from
-ftp.postgresql.org. For regular developers, you can use CVS. CVS
-allows you to download the source tree, then occasionally update your
-copy of the source tree with any new changes. Using CVS, you don't have
-to download the entire source each time, only the changed files.
-Anonymous CVS does not allows developers to update the remote source
-tree, though privileged developers can do this. There is a CVS FAQ on
-our web site that describes how to use remote CVS. You can also use
-CVSup, which has similarly functionality, and is available from
-ftp.postgresql.org.
-
-To update the source tree, there are two ways. You can generate a patch
-against your current source tree, perhaps using the make_diff tools
-mentioned above, and send them to the patches list. They will be
-reviewed, and applied in a timely manner. If the patch is major, and we
-are in beta testing, the developers may wait for the final release
-before applying your patches.
-
-For hard-core developers, Marc([email protected]) will give you a
-Unix shell account on postgresql.org, so you can use CVS to update the
-main source tree, or you can ftp your files into your account, patch,
-and cvs install the changes directly into the source tree.
-
-
-
-First, use psql to make sure it is working as you expect. Then
-run src/test/regress and get the output of
-src/test/regress/checkresults with and without your changes, to
-see that your patch does not change the regression test in unexpected
-ways. This practice has saved me many times. The regression tests test
-the code in ways I would never do, and has caught many bugs in my
-patches. By finding the problems now, you save yourself a lot of
-debugging later when things are broken, and you can't figure out when it
-happened.
-
-
-
-should I do?
-
-The structures passing around from the parser, rewrite, optimizer, and
-executor require quite a bit of support. Most structures have support
-routines in src/backend/nodes used to create, copy, read, and output
-those structures. Make sure you add support for your new field to these
-files. Find any other places the structure may need code for your new
-field. mkid is helpful with this (see above).
-
-
-
-names sometimes referenced as Name or NameData, and
-sometimes as char *?
-
-Table, column, type, function, and view names are stored in system
-tables in columns of type Name. Name is a fixed-length,
-null-terminated type of NAMEDATALEN bytes. (The default value
-for NAMEDATALEN is 32 bytes.)
-
-
- typedef struct nameData
- {
- char data[NAMEDATALEN];
- } NameData;
- typedef NameData *Name;
-
-
-Table, column, type, function, and view names that come into the
-backend via user queries are stored as variable-length, null-terminated
-character strings.
-
-Many functions are called with both types of names, ie. heap_open().
-Because the Name type is null-terminated, it is safe to pass it to a
-function expecting a char *. Because there are many cases where on-disk
-names(Name) are compared to user-supplied names(char *), there are many
-cases where Name and char * are used interchangeably.
-
-
-tables from the backend code?
-
-You first need to find the tuples(rows) you are interested in. There
-are two ways. First, SearchSysCache() and related functions
-allow you to query the system catalogs. This is the preferred way to
-access system tables, because the first call to the cache loads the
-needed rows, and future requests can return the results without
-accessing the base table. The caches use system table indexes
-to look up tuples. A list of available caches is located in
-src/backend/utils/cache/syscache.c.
-src/backend/utils/cache/lsyscache.c contains many column-specific
-cache lookup functions.
-
-The rows returned are cache-owned versions of the heap rows. Therefore, you
-must not modify or delete the tuple returned by SearchSysCache(). What
-you should do is release it with ReleaseSysCache() when you are
-done using it; this informs the cache that it can discard that tuple if
-necessary. If you neglect to call ReleaseSysCache(), then the cache
-entry will remain locked in the cache until end of transaction, which is
-tolerable but not very desirable.
-
-If you can't use the system cache, you will need to retrieve the data
-directly from the heap table, using the buffer cache that is shared by
-all backends. The backend automatically takes care of loading the rows
-into the buffer cache.
-
-Open the table with heap_open(). You can then start a table scan
-with heap_beginscan(), then use heap_getnext() and
-continue as long as HeapTupleIsValid() returns true. Then do a
-heap_endscan(). Keys can be assigned to the scan.
-No indexes are used, so all rows are going to be compared to the keys,
-and only the valid rows returned.
-
-You can also use heap_fetch() to fetch rows by block
-number/offset. While scans automatically lock/unlock rows from the
-buffer cache, with heap_fetch(), you must pass a Buffer
-pointer, and ReleaseBuffer() it when completed.
-
-Once you have the row, you can get data that is common to all tuples,
-like t_self and t_oid, by merely accessing the
-HeapTuple structure entries.
-If you need a table-specific column, you should take the HeapTuple
-pointer, and use the GETSTRUCT() macro to access the
-table-specific start of the tuple. You then cast the pointer as a
-Form_pg_proc pointer if you are accessing the pg_proc table, or
-Form_pg_type if you are accessing pg_type. You can then access
-the columns by using a structure pointer:
-
+ Table, column, type, function, and view names that come into the
+ backend via user queries are stored as variable-length,
+ null-terminated character strings.
+
+
+ heap_open(). Because the Name type is null-terminated, it is
+ safe to pass it to a function expecting a char *. Because there are
+ many cases where on-disk names(Name) are compared to user-supplied
+ names(char *), there are many cases where Name and char * are used
+ interchangeably.
+
+
+ tables from the backend code?
+
+
+ There are two ways. First, SearchSysCache() and related
+ functions allow you to query the system catalogs. This is the
+ preferred way to access system tables, because the first call to
+ the cache loads the needed rows, and future requests can return the
+ results without accessing the base table. The caches use system
+ table indexes to look up tuples. A list of available caches is
+ located in src/backend/utils/cache/syscache.c.
+ src/backend/utils/cache/lsyscache.c contains many
+ column-specific cache lookup functions.
+
+
+ Therefore, you must not modify or delete the tuple returned by
+ SearchSysCache(). What you should do is release it
+ with ReleaseSysCache() when you are done using it; this
+ informs the cache that it can discard that tuple if necessary. If
+ you neglect to call ReleaseSysCache(), then the cache entry
+ will remain locked in the cache until end of transaction, which is
+ tolerable but not very desirable.
+
+
+ data directly from the heap table, using the buffer cache that is
+ shared by all backends. The backend automatically takes care of
+ loading the rows into the buffer cache.
+
+
+ table scan with heap_beginscan(), then use
+ heap_getnext() and continue as long as
+ HeapTupleIsValid() returns true. Then do a
+ heap_endscan(). Keys can be assigned to the
+ scan. No indexes are used, so all rows are going to be
+ compared to the keys, and only the valid rows returned.
+
+
+ number/offset. While scans automatically lock/unlock rows from the
+ buffer cache, with heap_fetch(), you must pass a
+ Buffer pointer, and ReleaseBuffer() it when
+ completed.
+
+
+ tuples, like t_self and t_oid, by merely accessing
+ the HeapTuple structure entries. If you need a
+ table-specific column, you should take the HeapTuple pointer, and
+ use the GETSTRUCT() macro to access the table-specific start
+ of the tuple. You then cast the pointer as a Form_pg_proc
+ pointer if you are accessing the pg_proc table, or
+ Form_pg_type if you are accessing pg_type. You can then
+ access the columns by using a structure pointer:
-
- ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(tuple))->relnatts
+
((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(tuple))->relnatts
-
-You must not directly change live tuples in this way. The best
-way is to use heap_modifytuple() and pass it your original
-tuple, and the values you want changed. It returns a palloc'ed
-tuple, which you pass to heap_replace().
-
-You can delete tuples by passing the tuple's t_self to
-heap_destroy(). You use t_self for heap_update() too.
-
-Remember, tuples can be either system cache copies, which may go away after
-you call ReleaseSysCache(), or read directly from disk buffers, which
-go away when you heap_getnext(), heap_endscan, or
-ReleaseBuffer(), in the heap_fetch() case. Or it may be a
-palloc'ed tuple, that you must pfree() when finished.
-
-
-
-elog() is used to send messages to the front-end, and optionally
-terminate the current query being processed. The first parameter is an
-elog level of NOTICE, DEBUG, ERROR, or
-FATAL.
-
-NOTICE prints on the user's terminal and the postmaster logs.
-DEBUG prints only in the postmaster logs. ERROR prints in
-both places, and terminates the current query, never returning from the call.
-FATAL terminates the backend process.
-
-The remaining parameters of elog are a printf-style set of
-parameters to print.
-
-
-
-The files configure and configure.in are part of the
-GNU autoconf package. Configure allows us to test for various
-capabilities of the OS, and to set variables that can then be tested in
-C programs and Makefiles. Autoconf is installed on the PostgreSQL main
-server. To add options to configure, edit configure.in, and then
-run autoconf to generate configure.
-
-When configure is run by the user, it tests various OS
-capabilities, stores those in config.status and
-config.cache, and modifies a list of *.in files. For
-example, if there exists a Makefile.in, configure generates a
-Makefile that contains substitutions for all @var@ parameters
-found by configure.
-
-When you need to edit files, make sure you don't waste time modifying
-files generated by configure. Edit the *.in file, and
-re-run configure to recreate the needed file. If you run make
-distclean from the top-level source directory, all files derived by
-configure are removed, so you see only the file contained in the source
-distribution.
-
-
-
-There are a variety of places that need to be modified to add a new
-port. First, start in the src/template directory. Add an
-appropriate entry for your OS. Also, use src/config.guess to add
-your OS to src/template/.similar. You shouldn't match the OS
-version exactly. The configure test will look for an exact OS
-version number, and if not found, find a match without version number.
-Edit src/configure.in to add your new OS. (See configure item
-above.) You will need to run autoconf, or patch src/configure
-too.
-
-Then, check src/include/port and add your new OS file, with
-appropriate values. Hopefully, there is already locking code in
-src/include/storage/s_lock.h for your CPU. There is also a
-src/makefiles directory for port-specific Makefile handling.
-There is a backend/port directory if you need special files for
-your OS.
-
-
-
-Normally, transactions can not see the rows they modify. This allows
-UPDATE foo SET x = x + 1 to work correctly.
-
-
-However, there are cases where a transactions needs to see rows affected
-in previous parts of the transaction. This is accomplished using a
-Command Counter. Incrementing the counter allows transactions to be
-broken into pieces so each piece can see rows modified by previous
-pieces. CommandCounterIncrement() increments the Command
-Counter, creating a new part of the transaction.
-
-
+ You must not directly change live tuples in this way. The
+ best way is to use heap_modifytuple() and pass it your
+ original tuple, and the values you want changed. It returns a
+ palloc'ed tuple, which you pass to heap_replace(). You can
+ delete tuples by passing the tuple's t_self to
+ heap_destroy(). You use t_self for
+ heap_update() too. Remember, tuples can be either system
+ cache copies, which may go away after you call
+ ReleaseSysCache(), or read directly from disk buffers, which
+ go away when you heap_getnext(), heap_endscan, or
+ ReleaseBuffer(), in the heap_fetch() case. Or it may
+ be a palloc'ed tuple, that you must pfree() when finished.
+
+
+
+
+ optionally terminate the current query being processed. The first
+ parameter is an elog level of NOTICE, DEBUG,
+ ERROR, or FATAL. NOTICE prints on the user's
+ terminal and the postmaster logs. DEBUG prints only in the
+ postmaster logs. ERROR prints in both places, and terminates
+ the current query, never returning from the call. FATAL
+ terminates the backend process. The remaining parameters of
+ elog are a printf-style set of parameters to
+ print.
+
+
+
+
+ the GNU autoconf package. Configure allows us to test for
+ various capabilities of the OS, and to set variables that can then
+ be tested in C programs and Makefiles. Autoconf is installed on the
+ PostgreSQL main server. To add options to configure, edit
+ configure.in, and then run autoconf to generate
+ configure.
+
+
+ capabilities, stores those in config.status and
+ config.cache, and modifies a list of *.in files. For
+ example, if there exists a Makefile.in, configure generates
+ a Makefile that contains substitutions for all @var@
+ parameters found by configure.
+
+
+ modifying files generated by configure. Edit the *.in
+ file, and re-run configure to recreate the needed file. If
+ you run make distclean from the top-level source directory,
+ all files derived by configure are removed, so you see only the
+ file contained in the source distribution.
+
+
+
+
+ new port. First, start in the src/template directory. Add an
+ appropriate entry for your OS. Also, use src/config.guess to
+ add your OS to src/template/.similar. You shouldn't match
+ the OS version exactly. The configure test will look for an
+ exact OS version number, and if not found, find a match without
+ version number. Edit src/configure.in to add your new OS.
+ (See configure item above.) You will need to run autoconf, or patch
+ src/configure too.
+
+
+ with appropriate values. Hopefully, there is already locking code
+ in src/include/storage/s_lock.h for your CPU. There is also
+ a src/makefiles directory for port-specific Makefile
+ handling. There is a backend/port directory if you need
+ special files for your OS.
+
+
+
+
+ allows
UPDATE foo SET x = x + 1 to work correctly.+
+
+ affected in previous parts of the transaction. This is accomplished
+ using a Command Counter. Incrementing the counter allows
+ transactions to be broken into pieces so each piece can see rows
+ modified by previous pieces. CommandCounterIncrement()
+ increments the Command Counter, creating a new part of the
+ transaction.
+
+
+ backend?
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+ remaining backend startup time.
+
+
+
+