Re: FUNC_MAX_ARGS benchmarks

Joe Conway <mail@joeconway.com>

From: Joe Conway <mail@joeconway.com>
To: Bruce Momjian <pgman@candle.pha.pa.us>
Cc: Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>, Thomas Lockhart <lockhart@fourpalms.org>, Neil Conway <nconway@klamath.dyndns.org>, PostgreSQL Hackers <pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org>
Date: 2002-08-05T06:08:17Z
Lists: pgsql-hackers
Bruce Momjian wrote:
> I prefer 64 for NAMEDATALEN myself.  Standards compliance is nice, but
> realistically it seems a shame to waste so much space on an excessive
> length that will never be used.
> 

But is the space wasted really never more than a few MB's, even if the 
database itself is say 1 GB? If so, and if the speed penalty is small to 
non-existent, I'd rather be spec compliant. That way nobody has a good 
basis for complaining ;-)

I guess I'll try another test with a larger data-set.

Joe