text should be a blob field
Zeugswetter Andreas IZ5 <andreas.zeugswetter@telecom.at>
From: Zeugswetter Andreas SARZ <Andreas.Zeugswetter@telecom.at>
To: "'pgsql-hackers@hub.org'" <pgsql-hackers@hub.org>
Date: 1998-03-03T13:41:32Z
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Of course a first mail after a release must have the earned praise: Very nicely done, I like it all ;-) Reading the TODO, I see 'Allow text, char(), and varchar() overhead to be only 2 bytes, not 4 bytes' While this is very good for char and varchar, text is not a candidate since it is usually a blob datatype, without a length restriction (or a 2Gig limit). I think it should alternately read: Allow varchar() overhead to be only 2 bytes remove char() 4 byte overhead, use atttypmod instead make text a blob datatype (maybe storing <= 8k row with tuple, >=8k in blob tablespace) What do you think ? Andreas