Heikki Linnakangas <hlinnakan...@vmware.com> writes: > On 23.11.2012 17:53, Tom Lane wrote: >> We could avoid this problem if we were prepared to make type "name" >> be varlena, ...
> It would actually be nice to do that because it would *reduce* the > amount of space and memory used for the catalogs in the typical case, Agreed, that would be a nicer place to be ... but the amount of work required to get there is daunting, and rather out of proportion to the benefit IMO. regards, tom lane -- Sent via pgsql-general mailing list (pgsql-general@postgresql.org) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-general