Re: Are there performance advantages in storing bulky field in separate table?

From: Ian Mayo <ianmayo(at)tesco(dot)net>
To: Robert Treat <xzilla(at)users(dot)sourceforge(dot)net>
Cc: pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: Are there performance advantages in storing bulky field in separate table?
Date: 2009-04-08 19:30:28
Message-ID: a0a470f10904081230v69941510q9857c9aaa7bed63b@mail.gmail.com
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On Wed, Apr 8, 2009 at 8:13 PM, Robert Treat
<xzilla(at)users(dot)sourceforge(dot)net> wrote:
> Maybe I've been reading too much Pascal again lately, but if only 1% of your
> rows are going to have data in this column, personally, I'd put it in a
> separate table.

thanks for that Robert - it does match my (completely groundless)
first impression.

In the nature of debate, would you mind passing on the pascal-related
reasons why you'd put the data in another table?

cheers,
Ian

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