Fixed width rows faster?

From: Jeff <threshar(at)torgo(dot)978(dot)org>
To: pgsql-performance(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Fixed width rows faster?
Date: 2004-03-05 13:35:05
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I'm guessing the answer to this is "no"

Is there any performance advantage to using a fixed width row (with PG)?

I've heard this theory a few times and I think it is based on older,
different databases and we have also some custom software here that
uses fixed width rows to be able to hit row N in O(1), but that isn't
what I'd call a real database.

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Jeff Trout <jeff(at)jefftrout(dot)com>
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