Alex Vinogradovs <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> I've created 2 sample tables with 1 column each - type
> char(1) and type integer. After inserting equal number
> of rows (4M or more) tablesizes are exactly the same, while
> I would expect table with char(1) to be slighly smaller...
> What's causing it ? Thanks!

Alignment padding ... rows are always padded out to a MAXALIGN multiple.

                        regards, tom lane

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