Re: How are NULLS stored on disk for PG 7.4?

From: "scott(dot)marlowe" <scott(dot)marlowe(at)ihs(dot)com>
To: Yannick Warnier <ywarnier(at)beeznest(dot)org>
Cc: <pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: How are NULLS stored on disk for PG 7.4?
Date: 2004-01-14 17:12:23
Message-ID: Pine.LNX.4.33.0401141012130.24988-100000@css120.ihs.com
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On Wed, 14 Jan 2004, Yannick Warnier wrote:

> Le mar 13/01/2004 à 00:43, Bruce Momjian a écrit :
> > Arnold Mavromatis wrote:
> > > Hi
> > >
> > > How are column files in a table that have been assigned null stored on disk
> > > in Postgresql 7.4?
> >
> > Each row has a bitmap showing all the NULL values on that row.
>
> Is it the same for PG 7.3?

Yes, Postgresql has done this for quite some time.

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