From 7f75537cd7019de0e8c4ec4f56788eae1905ba38 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Bruce Momjian Date: Thu, 14 Sep 2006 17:11:51 +0000 Subject: Update TODO items: < o Store disk pages with no alignment/padding? > > This involves having the user-specified order of columns > be different from the physical order. SELECT * would > need to reorder the physical values to match the > user-specified ordering. > > o Store disk pages with no alignment/padding? > > This necessitates adding CPU-required padding when moving > rows from disk to memory. > > > http://archives.postgresql.org/pgsql-hackers/2006-09/msg00848.php > --- doc/src/FAQ/TODO.html | 16 +++++++++++++--- 1 file changed, 13 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) (limited to 'doc/src') diff --git a/doc/src/FAQ/TODO.html b/doc/src/FAQ/TODO.html index c77f2737c13..d720028d3e2 100644 --- a/doc/src/FAQ/TODO.html +++ b/doc/src/FAQ/TODO.html @@ -8,7 +8,7 @@

PostgreSQL TODO List

Current maintainer: Bruce Momjian (bruce@momjian.us)
-Last updated: Tue Sep 12 17:02:34 EDT 2006 +Last updated: Thu Sep 14 13:11:44 EDT 2006

The most recent version of this document can be viewed at
http://www.postgresql.org/docs/faqs.TODO.html. @@ -1217,9 +1217,19 @@ first.

Consider ways of storing rows more compactly on disk

Store disk pages with no alignment/padding? -
Reorder physical storage order to reduce padding? +
Reorder physical storage order to reduce padding? +
This involves having the user-specified order of columns + be different from the physical order. SELECT * would + need to reorder the physical values to match the + user-specified ordering. +
+
Store disk pages with no alignment/padding? +
This necessitates adding CPU-required padding when moving + rows from disk to memory. +
Support a smaller header for short variable-length fields? +
http://archives.postgresql.org/pgsql-hackers/2006-09/msg00848.php +
Reduce the row header size?

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