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Correct description of PageHeaderData layout in documentation
Back-patch to 9.3 where PageHeaderData layout was changed. Michael Paquier
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@@ -758,18 +758,18 @@ data. Empty in ordinary tables.</entry>
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<para>
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The first 24 bytes of each page consists of a page header
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(PageHeaderData). Its format is detailed in <xref
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linkend="pageheaderdata-table">. The first two fields track the most
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recent WAL entry related to this page. Next is a 2-byte field
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containing flag bits. This is followed by three 2-byte integer fields
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(<structfield>pd_lower</structfield>, <structfield>pd_upper</structfield>,
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and <structfield>pd_special</structfield>). These contain byte offsets
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from the page start to the start
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of unallocated space, to the end of unallocated space, and to the start of
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the special space.
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The next 2 bytes of the page header,
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<structfield>pd_pagesize_version</structfield>, store both the page size
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and a version indicator. Beginning with
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(<structname>PageHeaderData</>). Its format is detailed in <xref
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linkend="pageheaderdata-table">. The first field tracks the most
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recent WAL entry related to this page. The second field contains
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the page checksum if <xref linkend="app-initdb-data-checksums"> are
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enabled. Next is a 2-byte field containing flag bits. This is followed
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by three 2-byte integer fields (<structfield>pd_lower</structfield>,
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<structfield>pd_upper</structfield>, and
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<structfield>pd_special</structfield>). These contain byte offsets
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from the page start to the start of unallocated space, to the end of
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unallocated space, and to the start of the special space. The next 2
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bytes of the page header, <structfield>pd_pagesize_version</structfield>,
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store both the page size and a version indicator. Beginning with
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<productname>PostgreSQL</productname> 8.3 the version number is 4;
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<productname>PostgreSQL</productname> 8.1 and 8.2 used version number 3;
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<productname>PostgreSQL</productname> 8.0 used version number 2;
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<tbody>
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<row>
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<entry>pd_lsn</entry>
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<entry>XLogRecPtr</entry>
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<entry>PageXLogRecPtr</entry>
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<entry>8 bytes</entry>
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<entry>LSN: next byte after last byte of xlog record for last change
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to this page</entry>

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