Re: glossary Data page - Mailing list pgsql-docs

From David G. Johnston
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In response to Re: glossary Data page  (Yaroslav Saburov <y.saburov@gmail.com>)
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On Tue, Jun 30, 2026 at 8:04 AM Yaroslav Saburov <y.saburov@gmail.com> wrote:

Maybe these are just the intricacies of translation.

This is how I interpret it:


1) All pages are the same size.

2) Data pages are usually stored on disk,

3) each in a separate file, 


> 1) All pages are of the same size.

> 2) Data pages are typically stored on disk

> 3) each in a specific file,


More that the author is being imprecise here so as not to overwhelm the reader with detail.

Patches are welcome, though at present I have no intent to write one.

David J.

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