"Tom Lane" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Gregory Stark <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: >> FWIW I found another issue with this variable when I was experimenting with >> small block sizes. If you set the target <= the tuple header the toaster >> breaks. This is because it's doing unsigned arithmetic (Size is unsigned). I >> think the right solution is just to change it to use plain int32 arithmetic >> everywhere. > > Somehow I can't get excited about that. If we ever do open things up to > allow user control of the target, we'd certainly constrain it to a sane > range.
Yeah, i didn't even mention it at the time. I just thought I would mention it now since you were adding comments on restrictions to the toast threshold. -- Gregory Stark EnterpriseDB http://www.enterprisedb.com Ask me about EnterpriseDB's Slony Replication support! ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 7: You can help support the PostgreSQL project by donating at http://www.postgresql.org/about/donate
