From: | Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us> |
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To: | Zdenek Kotala <Zdenek(dot)Kotala(at)Sun(dot)COM> |
Cc: | Heikki Linnakangas <heikki(dot)linnakangas(at)enterprisedb(dot)com>, PostgreSQL-development <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org> |
Subject: | Re: pg_upgrade: How to deal with toast |
Date: | 2008-11-20 20:16:54 |
Message-ID: | 7249.1227212214@sss.pgh.pa.us |
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Zdenek Kotala <Zdenek(dot)Kotala(at)Sun(dot)COM> writes:
> Tom Lane napsal(a):
>> No, it's a really horrid idea. Nullable attributes complicate the C
>> code, and what in the world are we buying with it anyway? Just decide
>> what the field should contain and put it in there.
> The problem what we try to solve is to perform this change during upgrade from
> 8.3->8.4. Extra value is a problem because it requires extra space and there is
> not free space. It is temporal solution(hack) for 8.3->8.4.
Solution of what? The original concern you had was about
TOAST_MAX_CHUNK_SIZE changing from 8.3 to 8.4. If that's a problem then
it has to be solved anyway, and the solution has to involve being able
to push some chunks off-page to make room. If it's not a problem then
let's just leave the toast representation as-is till later.
regards, tom lane
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