Steve Pritchard <steve.pritchard@xxxxxxx> writes: > -- Average length of a row in bytes: > select avg(octet_length(t.*::text)) FROM observation t; > -- 287 bytes That measurement technique doesn't have a lot to do with reality, I'm afraid. The contrib/pgstattuple module could give you a more reliable idea of how much space is in use or not in the table. regards, tom lane -- Sent via pgsql-general mailing list (pgsql-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-general