Avoid xid error from age() function when run on Hot Standby

simonat2ndQuadrant · simonat2ndQuadrant · commit d02918fc3e67 · 2012-05-09T14:00:09.000+01:00
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/xid.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/xid.c
@@ -93,7 +93,10 @@ Datum
 xid_age(PG_FUNCTION_ARGS)
 {
 	TransactionId xid = PG_GETARG_TRANSACTIONID(0);
-	TransactionId now = GetTopTransactionId();
+	TransactionId now = GetTopTransactionIdIfAny();
+
+	if (!TransactionIdIsValid(now))
+		now = ReadNewTransactionId();
 
 	/* Permanent XIDs are always infinitely old */
 	if (!TransactionIdIsNormal(xid))
