> -----Original Message----- > From: Andrew Dunstan [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: 24 June 2005 21:12 > To: Bruce Momjian > Cc: Dave Page; PostgreSQL-development > Subject: Re: [HACKERS] DBSize backend integration > > > > Bruce Momjian wrote: > > > > >So drop total_relation_size(), relation_size_components(), and what > >else? > > But these answer easily the question I see most asked - how > much space > in total does the relation occupy. I'd like to see at least one of > these, properly named and fixed w.r.t. schemas. Getting > total_relation_size() from relation_size_components() would > be easy, so > if we only keep one then keep relation_size_components().
relation_size_components() depends on total_relation_size() (which I have to agree could be useful). I think relation_size_components() is unecessary though - it looks like it was designed to show a summary rather than as a view to be used by other clients (if that makes sense!). Regards, Dave. ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 8: explain analyze is your friend
