Martijn, It may be useful to look at the pg_filedump utility located at http://sources.redhat.com/rhdb/tools.html
This utility dumps out information at the page level and is commented to help the user understand the format/content of PostgreSQL heap/index/control files. Cheers, Patrick ----------------- Patrick Macdonald Red Hat Database Tom Lane wrote: > > Martijn van Oosterhout <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > Chapter 7 of the Developers guide in about the Page Format on disk and it's > > a little out of date not to mention somewhat incomplete. > > Indeed, this seems to have very little relation to reality :-(. > I didn't even realize that we had such a description in the SGML docs. > It's obviously not been updated for many years. I'm not sure if the > "continuation" mechanism it describes ever existed at all, but it sure > hasn't been there since the code left Berkeley. > > > 1. Is there documentation elsewhere (other than the source)? > > Not that I can think of. The most accurate information seems to be in > src/include/storage/bufpage.h; AFAICT all the comments in that file are > up-to-date. In addition to this it'd be worth pulling out some > description of the "special space" structures used by the various index > access methods. > > > 2. If not, would patches be accepted to correct the situation? > > Go for it. > > regards, tom lane > > ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- > TIP 5: Have you checked our extensive FAQ? > > http://www.postgresql.org/users-lounge/docs/faq.html ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 5: Have you checked our extensive FAQ? http://www.postgresql.org/users-lounge/docs/faq.html
