Subject Re: [Firebird-Architect] FB2, read-commited and blobs
Author Ann W. Harrison
Vlad Horsun wrote:
>
> May be we can use one SLONG from header_page::hdr_misc
> for this purpose ?

That wouldn't be a problem.
>
> Also i propose to name new transaction number not 'oldest_blob'
> but 'oldest_rc' or 'oldest_read_commited' since this is more exact
> meaning of this number

Actually, it's the oldest transaction that can not be garbage collected
if it includes blobs. That happens to be of interest to read-committed
transactions, but it is not the oldest read-committed transaction.


Regards,


Ann