Re: PostgreSQL and mySQL database size question

Fred Ingham wrote:
> OK, but that only accounts for 3.2MB of the extra 49.6MB used by PostgreSQL.

Template databases, system catalog, WAL files?

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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Bruce Momjian [mailto:pgman(at)candle(dot)pha(dot)pa(dot)us]
> Sent: Friday, April 27, 2001 2:05 PM
> To: ingham(at)erols(dot)com
> Cc: pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org
> Subject: Re: [GENERAL] PostgreSQL and mySQL database size question
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> FAQ item 4.7 discusses table size computations. My guess is that it is
> the 36 bytes-per-row that is the problem. Those bytes record the
> visibility of the row for proper transactions semantics and MVCC.

Jan

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