Re: relpages in pg_class - Mailing list pgsql-docs

From Tom Lane
Subject Re: relpages in pg_class
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Msg-id 3203690.1660927195@sss.pgh.pa.us
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In response to Re: relpages in pg_class  (Alvaro Herrera <alvherre@alvh.no-ip.org>)
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Alvaro Herrera <alvherre@alvh.no-ip.org> writes:
> On 2022-Aug-19, Bruce Momjian wrote:
>> Well, blocks and pages are the same size, so I don't see the problem.

> If you think about operating system "blocks" rather than Postgres
> "blocks", I can see how this can be interpreted differently.  I'm not
> sure if this is a good place to make that distinction, though; I mean,
> if we do, how many other places should we patch similarly?

Yeah, we use "blocks" and "pages" interchangeably, which is something
I don't feel a need to change; but evidently the OP didn't realize that.
This is a job for the glossary, perhaps?

            regards, tom lane



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