https://andreas.scherbaum.la/tags/txid/Recent content in Txid on ads' cornerHugoen-usSun, 03 Feb 2019 14:34:00 +0100https://andreas.scherbaum.la/post/2019-02-03_how-long-will-a-64-bit-transaction-id-last-in-postgresql/Sun, 03 Feb 2019 14:34:00 +0100https://andreas.scherbaum.la/post/2019-02-03_how-long-will-a-64-bit-transaction-id-last-in-postgresql/<p>At <a href="https://fosdem.org/2019/">FOSDEM</a> someone asked how long 64 bit Transaction-IDs will last.</p> <p>To refresh: <a href="https://www.postgresql.org/">PostgreSQL</a> is currently using <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/32-bit">32 bits</a> for the TXID, and is good for around 4 billion transactions:</p>