Re: Where to find information on the new HOT tables? - Mailing list pgsql-admin

From Tom Lane
Subject Re: Where to find information on the new HOT tables?
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Msg-id 29236.1202252251@sss.pgh.pa.us
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In response to Re: Where to find information on the new HOT tables?  ("Joshua D. Drake" <jd@commandprompt.com>)
Responses Re: Where to find information on the new HOT tables?  (Decibel! <decibel@decibel.org>)
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"Joshua D. Drake" <jd@commandprompt.com> writes:
> Le Tuesday 05 February 2008 22:35:11 Tom Lane, vous avez écrit :
>>> The reason there isn't one is it doesn't need one; it's an
>>> implementation detail not a user-visible feature. ,

> Although it is an implementation detail it is certainly a very
> user-visible detail. It can and will affect how people design their
> databases to take advantage of the implementation detail.

We have no user-facing documentation on TOAST, either, which would seem
to me to be at least as much of a candidate for people to custom-design
their databases around.  In practice I don't think anyone does.

            regards, tom lane

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