[GENERAL] 6.4.1 problem

1998-12-26 Thread Bill Sneed
Having a bit of a problem gettin 6.4.1 running on RH 5.1. Source went into /usr/src/pgsql and runtime into /var/lib/pgsql [RH default dir for postgresql]. Everything went without a problem until the initdb process, which keeps failing with the error messages belowPGLIB & PBDATA paths corre

Re: [GENERAL] space-effective varchar(255)-like arrangement

1998-12-26 Thread Bruce Momjian
> > > Hmm, let me guess ... > > one of the overhead elements for each row header is pointer to the next > row, right ? That way the summing-up of varlena types is avoided, although > the postgres engine still has to go from row header to row header to find > Nth row in a page (block), right

Re: [GENERAL] space-effective varchar(255)-like arrangement

1998-12-26 Thread Bruce Momjian
>hmm, thus if one block has 8192 bytes, and if there is 9-byte overhead > for each row, then I can store 390 rows in one block if, on average, > "names" are 10 chars in length ? echo $[ 8192 / ( 9 + 10 + 2 ) ] # = 390 Yes. See FAQ for row overhead calculations. >If each record has varia

Re: [GENERAL] space-effective varchar(255)-like arrangement

1998-12-26 Thread Jan Vicherek
Hmm, let me guess ... one of the overhead elements for each row header is pointer to the next row, right ? That way the summing-up of varlena types is avoided, although the postgres engine still has to go from row header to row header to find Nth row in a page (block), right ? Thx,