Re: Number of attributes in HeapTupleHeader - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From Hiroshi Inoue
Subject Re: Number of attributes in HeapTupleHeader
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Msg-id EKEJJICOHDIEMGPNIFIJIEGBHLAA.Inoue@tpf.co.jp
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In response to Number of attributes in HeapTupleHeader  (Manfred Koizar <mkoi-pg@aon.at>)
Responses Re: Number of attributes in HeapTupleHeader  (Neil Conway <nconway@klamath.dyndns.org>)
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Manfred Koizar
> 
> If there is interest in reducing on-disk tuple header size and I have
> not missed any strong arguments against dropping t_natts, I'll
> investigate further.  Comments?

If a dbms is proper, it prepares a mechanism from the first
to handle ADD COLUMN without touching the tuples. If the
machanism is lost(I believe so) by removing t_natts, I would
say good bye to PostgreSQL.

regards,
Hiroshi Inoue


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