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>  The <TT
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>get_raw_page(text, int) returns bytea</CODE
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>      <CODE
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>get_raw_page</CODE
> reads the specified block of the named
      table and returns a copy as a <TT
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>bytea</TT
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>      <CODE
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>page_header</CODE
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      <SPAN
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>      A page image obtained with <CODE
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>get_raw_page</CODE
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      passed as argument.  For example:
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>test=# SELECT * FROM page_header(get_raw_page('pg_class', 0));
    lsn    | tli | flags | lower | upper | special | pagesize | version | prune_xid
-----------+-----+-------+-------+-------+---------+----------+---------+-----------
 0/24A1B50 |   1 |     1 |   232 |   368 |    8192 |     8192 |       4 |         0
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>      The returned columns correspond to the fields in the
      <TT
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>PageHeaderData</TT
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      See <TT
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>src/include/storage/bufpage.h</TT
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>      <CODE
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>heap_page_items</CODE
> shows all line pointers on a heap
      page.  For those line pointers that are in use, tuple headers are also
      shown. All tuples are shown, whether or not the tuples were visible to
      an MVCC snapshot at the time the raw page was copied.
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>test=# SELECT * FROM heap_page_items(get_raw_page('pg_class', 0));
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>      See <TT
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>test=# SELECT * FROM bt_metap('pg_cast_oid_index');
-[ RECORD 1 ]-----
magic     | 340322
version   | 2
root      | 1
level     | 0
fastroot  | 1
fastlevel | 0
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>test=# SELECT * FROM bt_page_stats('pg_cast_oid_index', 1);
-[ RECORD 1 ]-+-----
blkno         | 1
type          | l
live_items    | 256
dead_items    | 0
avg_item_size | 12
page_size     | 8192
free_size     | 4056
btpo_prev     | 0
btpo_next     | 0
btpo          | 0
btpo_flags    | 3
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> returns detailed information about
      all of the items on a btree index page.  For example:
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>test=# SELECT * FROM bt_page_items('pg_cast_oid_index', 1);
 itemoffset |  ctid   | itemlen | nulls | vars |    data
------------+---------+---------+-------+------+-------------
          1 | (0,1)   |      12 | f     | f    | 23 27 00 00
          2 | (0,2)   |      12 | f     | f    | 24 27 00 00
          3 | (0,3)   |      12 | f     | f    | 25 27 00 00
          4 | (0,4)   |      12 | f     | f    | 26 27 00 00
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          7 | (0,7)   |      12 | f     | f    | 29 27 00 00
          8 | (0,8)   |      12 | f     | f    | 2a 27 00 00
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