Re: [HACKERS] Arbitrary tuple size

From: Bruce Momjian <maillist(at)candle(dot)pha(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: t-ishii(at)sra(dot)co(dot)jp
Cc: pgsql-hackers(at)postgreSQL(dot)org
Subject: Re: [HACKERS] Arbitrary tuple size
Date: 1999-07-09 05:29:18
Message-ID: 199907090529.BAA10736@candle.pha.pa.us
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> >If we get wide tuples, we could just throw all large objects into one
> >table, and have an on it. We can then vacuum it to compact space, etc.
>
> I thought about that too. But if a table contains lots of LOs,
> scanning of it will take for a long time. On the otherhand, if LOs are
> stored outside the table, scanning time will be shorter as long as we
> don't need to read the content of each LO type field.

Use an index to get to the LO's in the table.

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