Re: Performance of column order - Mailing list pgsql-general

From Bruce Momjian
Subject Re: Performance of column order
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Msg-id 200204181527.g3IFRxL09772@candle.pha.pa.us
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In response to Performance of column order  (Egon Sommer <Service@Sommer-Maschinenbau.de>)
List pgsql-general
Egon Sommer wrote:
> Hallo!
>
> Do anybody know if the order of the columns in a table has affect
> on the performance?
>
> Should I use length-variable colums like TEXT, BLOB,... alfter
> length-static colums like INTEGER, BOOLEAN, ...?

It is very slightly faster to have variable length stuff after fixed length
fields.

> Is there a advantage to create a separate table for BLOBS and
> TEXT joining the main table about a primary key?

Probably, though TOAST stores large stuff in backup tables anyway, so
there is probably little difference.

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