Re: SEQ column

Paul J Stevens <[email protected]>
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It is used to track changes, like a mailbox version. The new imap features use those. If you modify the state of a mailbox, you need to bump the version.

Andrea Brancatelli <[email protected]> schreef op 6 februari 2015 09:24:48 CET:
>Can anyone spend a few words for me on the new "seq" column?
>
>What's it's main purpose?
>
>Is it functionally relevant or it something like a cache that can be 
>reset, modified or whatever with no big issues?
>
>I'm used to move messages between mailboxes with queries like UPDATE 
>dbmail_messages SET mailbox_idnr = 89 WHERE mailbox_idnr = 47981; but 
>the seq column would be no more monotonically increasing in such case. 
>Is it a problem?
>
>Futhermore in a dual master scenario the column doesn't seem really 
>replication-aware, so I was curious if having duplicates in it may be 
>problematic.
>
>Thanks.
>
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