Re: [GENERAL] Null values/Disk space ?

From: Bruce Momjian <maillist(at)candle(dot)pha(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: omid omoomi <oomoomi(at)hotmail(dot)com>
Cc: pgsql-general(at)postgreSQL(dot)org
Subject: Re: [GENERAL] Null values/Disk space ?
Date: 1999-09-12 23:55:11
Message-ID: 199909122355.TAA06036@candle.pha.pa.us
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> Hi,
> Does a null valued field take hard disk space in postgres-6.5.1 ?that would
> help me find how accurate I should normalize the tables.

Nulls do not take space.

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