Alessandro Baretta <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> I am considering the possibility of rebuilding the server with
> NAMEDATALEN equal to 256. I have seen an interesting thread [1] about
> the performance impact of raising NAMEDATALEN, but it did not seem
> conclusive.
More to the point, tests done on 7.2-era code shouldn't be assumed to be
relevant to modern PG releases. I think you'll need to do your own
benchmarking if you want to find out the costs of doing this.
regards, tom lane
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