Re: Strange optimization - xmin,xmax compression :) - Mailing list pgsql-performance

From Robert Haas
Subject Re: Strange optimization - xmin,xmax compression :)
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In response to Strange optimization - xmin,xmax compression :)  (pasman pasmański <pasman.p@gmail.com>)
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2010/12/6 pasman pasmański <pasman.p@gmail.com>:
> hello.
>
> i tested how are distributed values xmin,xmax on pages.
> in my tables . typically there are no more than 80 records
> on pages.
>
> maybe its possible to compress xmin & xmax values to
> 1 byte/per record (+table of transactions per page)?
> its reduce the space when more than 1 record is
> from the same transaction.

Not a bad idea, but not easy to implement, I think.

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