From: | SHARMILA JOTHIRAJAH <sharmi_jo(at)yahoo(dot)com> |
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To: | pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org |
Subject: | postgres 8.3 beta 2 storage question |
Date: | 2007-11-27 14:42:45 |
Message-ID: | 224655.66910.qm@web31112.mail.mud.yahoo.com |
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Hi,
1.How does postgres version 8.3 betat 2 handle varchar and numeric data types in terms of storage
I understand for varchar it has 1byte overhead (instead of 4) if length<128
How does it handle for numeric? The manual says
"The actual storage requirement is two bytes for each group of four decimal digits, plus five to eight bytes overhead."
I dont understand how the overhead is measured here?...5 to 8 bytes?
2. Does postgres always inserts a complete record into a page unlike oracle whose record can span multiple pages? Does this waste space too?
Thanks
sharmila
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