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Diffstat (limited to 'src/include/access/relscan.h')
-rw-r--r-- | src/include/access/relscan.h | 9 |
1 files changed, 8 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/src/include/access/relscan.h b/src/include/access/relscan.h index ce3ca8d4ac2..3fc726d712f 100644 --- a/src/include/access/relscan.h +++ b/src/include/access/relscan.h @@ -104,9 +104,16 @@ typedef struct IndexScanDescData /* index access method's private state */ void *opaque; /* access-method-specific info */ - /* in an index-only scan, this is valid after a successful amgettuple */ + /* + * In an index-only scan, a successful amgettuple call must fill either + * xs_itup (and xs_itupdesc) or xs_hitup (and xs_hitupdesc) to provide the + * data returned by the scan. It can fill both, in which case the heap + * format will be used. + */ IndexTuple xs_itup; /* index tuple returned by AM */ TupleDesc xs_itupdesc; /* rowtype descriptor of xs_itup */ + HeapTuple xs_hitup; /* index data returned by AM, as HeapTuple */ + TupleDesc xs_hitupdesc; /* rowtype descriptor of xs_hitup */ /* xs_ctup/xs_cbuf/xs_recheck are valid after a successful index_getnext */ HeapTupleData xs_ctup; /* current heap tuple, if any */ |