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< h1 > < a name = "section_1" > PostgreSQL TODO List< / a > < / h1 >
< h1 > < a name = "section_1" > PostgreSQL TODO List< / a > < / h1 >
< p > Current maintainer: Bruce Momjian (< a href = "mailto:bruce@momjian.us" > bruce@momjian.us< / a > )< br / >
< p > Current maintainer: Bruce Momjian (< a href = "mailto:bruce@momjian.us" > bruce@momjian.us< / a > )< br / >
Last updated: Tue Sep 12 17:02:3 4 EDT 2006
Last updated: Thu Sep 14 13:11:4 4 EDT 2006
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< / li > < li > Consider ways of storing rows more compactly on disk
< / li > < li > Consider ways of storing rows more compactly on disk
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< li > Store disk pages with no alignment/padding?
< li > Reorder physical storage order to reduce padding?
< / li > < li > Reorder physical storage order to reduce padding?
< p > This involves having the user-specified order of columns
be different from the physical order. SELECT * would
need to reorder the physical values to match the
user-specified ordering.
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< / li > < li > Store disk pages with no alignment/padding?
< p > This necessitates adding CPU-required padding when moving
rows from disk to memory.
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< / li > < li > Support a smaller header for short variable-length fields?
< / li > < li > Support a smaller header for short variable-length fields?
< p > < a href = "http://archives.postgresql.org/pgsql-hackers/2006-09/msg00848.php" > http://archives.postgresql.org/pgsql-hackers/2006-09/msg00848.php< / a >
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< / li > < li > Reduce the row header size?
< / li > < li > Reduce the row header size?
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