Re: [PATCHES] Reduce heap tuple header size - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From nconway@klamath.dyndns.org (Neil Conway)
Subject Re: [PATCHES] Reduce heap tuple header size
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Msg-id 20020628235026.GB7050@klamath.dyndns.org
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In response to Re: [PATCHES] Reduce heap tuple header size  (Bruce Momjian <pgman@candle.pha.pa.us>)
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On Fri, Jun 28, 2002 at 07:32:00PM -0400, Bruce Momjian wrote:
> OK, we need to vote on this patch.  It reduces the tuple header by 4
> bytes (11% decrease).
> 
> If we apply it, we will not be able to easily use pg_upgrade for 7.3
> because the on-disk table format will change.

I vote for apply it now -- if there are no other on-disk format changes
made by late August and pg_upgrade is actually a valid, production-quality
upgrade mechanism (which I'm not prepared to assume), consider
reverting it.

Cheers,

Neil

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Neil Conway <neilconway@rogers.com>
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