Re: Fixed length data types issue

On Fri, Sep 08, 2006 at 08:50:57AM +0200, Peter Eisentraut wrote:
> Gregory Stark wrote:
> > But it's largely true for OLTP applications too. The more compact the
> > data the more tuples fit on a page and the greater the chance you
> > have the page you need in cache.
> But a linear amount of more RAM is still more affordable than a CPU that
> is 100 times faster, which is about what some of the proposed schemes
> would require.

100 times faster?

I don't think it has been proven that a change in how data is stored
would result in an increase in CPU usage. It's an assumption. It might
be correct. It might not.

I guess this is where patches speak louder than words... :-)

Cheers,
mark

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