Hi all, in a large table (millions of rows) I am using a variable-length user defined type to store relatively short field entries, i.e. the length of certain fields could be restricted to 2^16 or even 2^8 characters.
Now I wonder whether it would be possible to save storage place, by using a smaller length field, i.e. 2 Byte or even better 1 Byte per entry instead of 4 Byte. Is there a possibility to customize the size of the length field or does Postgresql already internally optimize this? Thanks in advance, Martin. ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 5: Have you checked our extensive FAQ? http://www.postgresql.org/docs/faqs/FAQ.html