> -----Original Message-----
> From: Andrew Dunstan [mailto:andrew@dunslane.net]
> Sent: 24 June 2005 21:12
> To: Bruce Momjian
> Cc: Dave Page; PostgreSQL-development
> Subject: Re: [HACKERS] DBSize backend integration
>
>
>
> Bruce Momjian wrote:
>
> >
> >So drop total_relation_size(), relation_size_components(), and what
> >else?
>
> But these answer easily the question I see most asked - how
> much space
> in total does the relation occupy. I'd like to see at least one of
> these, properly named and fixed w.r.t. schemas. Getting
> total_relation_size() from relation_size_components() would
> be easy, so
> if we only keep one then keep relation_size_components().
relation_size_components() depends on total_relation_size() (which I
have to agree could be useful). I think relation_size_components() is
unecessary though - it looks like it was designed to show a summary
rather than as a view to be used by other clients (if that makes
sense!).
Regards, Dave.
