Re: [GENERAL] fixed-length row

2004-01-24 Thread Bruce Momjian
Richard Huxton wrote: > On Thursday 15 January 2004 14:17, David Garamond wrote: > > The MySQL manual recommends that we create a "fixed-length row" if > > possible, for speed (especially scanning speed). A fixed-length row is a > > row which is comprised of only fixed-length fields. A fixed-length

Re: [GENERAL] fixed-length row

2004-01-15 Thread Tom Lane
David Garamond <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > The MySQL manual recommends that we create a "fixed-length row" if > possible, for speed (especially scanning speed). > Is there a similar recommendation in PostgreSQL? No. There are some marginal optimizations that take place if your columns are fix