Re: FUNC_MAX_ARGS benchmarks

From: Joe Conway <mail(at)joeconway(dot)com>
To: Bruce Momjian <pgman(at)candle(dot)pha(dot)pa(dot)us>
Cc: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>, Thomas Lockhart <lockhart(at)fourpalms(dot)org>, Neil Conway <nconway(at)klamath(dot)dyndns(dot)org>, PostgreSQL Hackers <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: FUNC_MAX_ARGS benchmarks
Date: 2002-08-05 06:08:17
Message-ID: 3D4E1651.8020507@joeconway.com
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Bruce Momjian wrote:
> I prefer 64 for NAMEDATALEN myself. Standards compliance is nice, but
> realistically it seems a shame to waste so much space on an excessive
> length that will never be used.
>

But is the space wasted really never more than a few MB's, even if the
database itself is say 1 GB? If so, and if the speed penalty is small to
non-existent, I'd rather be spec compliant. That way nobody has a good
basis for complaining ;-)

I guess I'll try another test with a larger data-set.

Joe

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