PGLZ memory problems fixed

From: JanWieck(at)t-online(dot)de (Jan Wieck)
To: PostgreSQL HACKERS <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: PGLZ memory problems fixed
Date: 2000-07-20 14:23:01
Message-ID: 200007201423.QAA04785@hot.jw.home
Views: Raw Message | Whole Thread | Download mbox | Resend email
Thread:
Lists: pgsql-hackers

FYI,

the huge memory allocation problem of the PGLZ compressor is
fixed. It uses a fixed, static history table, organized as a
double linked list, now.

No performance loss on small- to medium-sized attributes. But
a win on huge (multi-MB) attributes because of much lesser
memory consumption.

Jan

--

#======================================================================#
# It's easier to get forgiveness for being wrong than for being right. #
# Let's break this rule - forgive me. #
#================================================== JanWieck(at)Yahoo(dot)com #

Browse pgsql-hackers by date

  From Date Subject
Next Message Tom Lane 2000-07-20 14:52:49 Re: Re: [HACKERS] 8Ko limitation
Previous Message Philip Warner 2000-07-20 13:24:34 pg_dump with BLOBs UPDATED