2010/8/10 Simon Riggs <si...@2ndquadrant.com>:
> Any SQL statement that reads a block can do HOT pruning, if the block is
> otherwise unlocked.

We use the term "HOT" for two features:
  1. HOT updates: Avoiding index updates when keys are not modified.
  2. HOT pruning: Removing tuple bodies, that works even for indexed tuples.

2 is the point of the case, but ambiguous "HOT" might confuse some people.

-- 
Itagaki Takahiro

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