CLUSTER can change t_len - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

I don't think that this is a bug exactly, but it seems inconsistent.

See case below. After the item length gets changed, then when reading
the tuple later you get a t_len that includes padding.

We should document in a comment that t_len can mean multiple things. Or,
we should fix raw_heap_insert() to be consistent with the rest of the
code, which doesn't MAXALIGN the t_len.

Regards,Jeff Davis


create table foo(i int4 unique);
insert into foo values(1);
insert into foo values(2);
checkpoint;
select relfilenode from pg_class where relname = 'foo';
    relfilenode    -------------          16413   (1 row)

--
-- Look at on-disk item lengths, which are 28 (0x38 >> 1)
-- on my machine
--

cluster foo using foo_i_key;
select relfilenode from pg_class where relname = 'foo';
    relfilenode    -------------          16418   (1 row)

checkpoint;

--
-- Now look again. They are 32 (0x40 >> 1) on my machine.
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