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Diffstat (limited to 'src/backend/access/transam/xact.c')
| -rw-r--r-- | src/backend/access/transam/xact.c | 13 |
1 files changed, 10 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/src/backend/access/transam/xact.c b/src/backend/access/transam/xact.c index 3cb49b8e27d..d74576e7238 100644 --- a/src/backend/access/transam/xact.c +++ b/src/backend/access/transam/xact.c @@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ * * * IDENTIFICATION - * $Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/src/backend/access/transam/xact.c,v 1.7 1997/03/12 20:41:14 scrappy Exp $ + * $Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/src/backend/access/transam/xact.c,v 1.8 1997/03/14 23:18:16 scrappy Exp $ * * NOTES * Transaction aborts can now occur two ways: @@ -171,7 +171,14 @@ TransactionState CurrentTransactionState = &CurrentTransactionStateData; /* ---------------- - * info returned when the system is desabled + * info returned when the system is disabled + * + * Apparently a lot of this code is inherited from other prototype systems. + * For DisabledStartTime, use a symbolic value to make the relationships clearer. + * The old value of 1073741823 corresponds to a date in y2004, which is coming closer + * every day. It appears that if we return a value guaranteed larger than + * any real time associated with a transaction then comparisons in other + * modules will still be correct. Let's use BIG_ABSTIME for this. tgl 2/14/97 * * Note: I have no idea what the significance of the * 1073741823 in DisabledStartTime.. I just carried @@ -183,7 +190,7 @@ TransactionId DisabledTransactionId = (TransactionId)-1; CommandId DisabledCommandId = (CommandId) -1; -AbsoluteTime DisabledStartTime = (AbsoluteTime) 1073741823; +AbsoluteTime DisabledStartTime = (AbsoluteTime) BIG_ABSTIME; /* 1073741823; */ /* ---------------- * overflow flag |