Re: glossary Data page

David G. Johnston <david.g.johnston@gmail.com>

From: "David G. Johnston" <david.g.johnston@gmail.com>
To: Yaroslav Saburov <y.saburov@gmail.com>
Cc: pgsql-docs@lists.postgresql.org
Date: 2026-06-30T16:51:30Z
Lists: pgsql-docs
On Tue, Jun 30, 2026 at 8:04 AM Yaroslav Saburov <y.saburov@gmail.com>
wrote:

> Maybe these are just the intricacies of translation.
>
> This is how I interpret it:
>
>
> 1) All pages are the same size.
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> 2) Data pages are usually stored on disk,
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> 3) each in a separate file,
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>
> > 1) All pages are of the same size.
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> > 2) Data pages are typically stored on disk
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> > 3) each in a specific file,
>

More that the author is being imprecise here so as not to overwhelm
the reader with detail.

Patches are welcome, though at present I have no intent to write one.

David J.