Re: jsonb on-disk size calculation

convertJsonbObject convert JsonValue to Jsonb.

Jsonb->vl_len_ is 4 byte
JsonbContainer->header is 4 bytes
JsonbContainer->children is an array of two elements, that's 8 bytes
following the k/v part, 20 bytes

In total 36 bytes.

When Jsonb is stored to disk, I guess some conversion reduces the
vl_len_ to 1 byte, hence total 33 bytes,
but I cannot find the conversion logic.

On Mon, Jul 31, 2023 at 7:10 PM jian he <jian(dot)universality(at)gmail(dot)com> wrote:
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> hi.
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> drop table x;
> create table x(js jsonb);
> insert into x select '{"Hello world":1}'::jsonb;
> select pg_column_size(js) from x; -- return 33.
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> based on src/include/utils/jsonb.h
> The key and value part is 20 bytes (is it correct?), Jsonb->vl_len_ is 4 byte, JsonbContainer->header is 4 bytes. That's 28 bytes.
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> but now on-disk is 33 bytes.
> so I am not sure where the remaining bytes are.
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Junwang Zhao