On Tue, Oct 26, 2010 at 6:51 PM, Tom Lane <tgl@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Robert Haas <robertmhaas@xxxxxxxxx> writes: >> I don't think this is due to fillfactor - the default fillfactor is >> 100, and anyway we ARE larger on disk than Oracle. We really need to >> do something about that, in the changes to NUMERIC in 9.1 are a step >> in that direction, but I think a lot more work is needed. > > Of course, the chances of doing anything more than extremely-marginal > kluges without breaking on-disk compatibility are pretty tiny. Given > where we are at the moment, I see no appetite for forced dump-and-reloads > for several years to come. So I don't foresee that anything is likely > to come of such efforts in the near future. Even if somebody had a > great idea that would make things smaller without any other penalty, > which I'm not sure I believe either. Let's try not to prejudge the outcome without doing the research. -- Robert Haas EnterpriseDB: http://www.enterprisedb.com The Enterprise PostgreSQL Company -- Sent via pgsql-performance mailing list (pgsql-performance@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-performance
