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CTIDs identify specific physical rows by their block and offset positions within a table. They are used by index entries to point to physical rows. A logical row’s CTID changes when it is updated, so the CTID cannot be used as a long-term row identifier. But it is sometimes useful to identify a row within a transaction when no competing update is expected.
