hi, how about making heap_form_tuple and its variants use smaller natts for tuples whose trailing columns are NULL? depending on the schema, it can save considerable space. the most of code are ready to deal with such tuples for ALTER TABLE ADD COLUMN anyway. (except system catalogs?)
YAMAMOTO Takashi -- Sent via pgsql-hackers mailing list (pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-hackers
