Re: cost of empty fields

* Jim C. Nasby <decibel(at)decibel(dot)org> wrote:
> If you setup rules on the view and just have the application select,
> insert, update, and delete from the view instead of the raw tables you
> won't need to change your application at all. Though you do need to be
> aware that you can't easily enforce uniqueness across multiple tables.
hmm. that doesnt sound stable enough for me.
this table is really critical and there's a lot of money in game
(realtime currency trading ...)

> As for clearing the fields, if by clearing you mean setting to NULL then
> you're correct, it would save space. Just remember that you won't
> actually be able to use the saved space until the table is vacuumed.
Yes, that's what I had in mind.

Vacuum is no problem. The exchange is closed at weekend, so there's
really enough time for vacuum full analyze :)

cu
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