[HACKERS] number of attributes in page files?

2002-10-11 Thread Mario Weilguni
Is it possible to get rid of the t_natts fields in the tuple header? Is this field only for alter table add/drop support? Then it might possible to get rid of it and put the t_natts field in the page header, not the tuple header, if it can be assured that when updating/inserting records only a

Re: [HACKERS] number of attributes in page files?

2002-10-11 Thread Mario Weilguni
Am Freitag, 11. Oktober 2002 14:12 schrieb Tom Lane: Mario Weilguni [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Is it possible to get rid of the t_natts fields in the tuple header? Is this field only for alter table add/drop support? Only? A lot of people consider that pretty important ... With only I

Re: [HACKERS] number of attributes in page files?

2002-10-11 Thread Tom Lane
Mario Weilguni [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Is it possible to get rid of the t_natts fields in the tuple header? Is this field only for alter table add/drop support? Only? A lot of people consider that pretty important ... But removing 2 bytes isn't going to save anything, on most machines,