Re: Combo xids

From: Simon Riggs <simon(at)2ndQuadrant(dot)com>
To: Heikki Linnakangas <hlinnakangas(at)vmware(dot)com>
Cc: PostgreSQL-development <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: Combo xids
Date: 2013-06-01 18:34:15
Message-ID: CA+U5nMJ9OmRNnMEGH8dB14hsME1PiYjZCA668ibNsphj8UJwhA@mail.gmail.com
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On 1 June 2013 19:25, Heikki Linnakangas <hlinnakangas(at)vmware(dot)com> wrote:

> Hmm, it would probably be much easier to squeeze, say, one byte from the
> tuple header, than full four bytes. Then you could store store a null bitmap
> for upto 16 columns, without crossing the 24 byte mark. That would already
> get you much of the benefit.

It seemed worth recording the idea, though I agree that now its
recorded its not the best idea for reducing table size.

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Simon Riggs http://www.2ndQuadrant.com/
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