pgsql: Add an extra header byte to TOAST-pointer datums to represent

From: tgl(at)postgresql(dot)org (Tom Lane)
To: pgsql-committers(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: pgsql: Add an extra header byte to TOAST-pointer datums to represent
Date: 2007-09-30 19:54:58
Message-ID: 20070930195458.4269E753E4C@cvs.postgresql.org
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Add an extra header byte to TOAST-pointer datums to represent their size
explicitly. This means a TOAST pointer takes 18 bytes instead of 17 --- still
smaller than in 8.2 --- which seems a good tradeoff to ensure we won't have
painted ourselves into a corner if we want to support multiple types of TOAST
pointer later on. Per discussion with Greg Stark.

Modified Files:
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pgsql/doc/src/sgml:
storage.sgml (r1.19 -> r1.20)
(http://developer.postgresql.org/cvsweb.cgi/pgsql/doc/src/sgml/storage.sgml?r1=1.19&r2=1.20)
pgsql/src/backend/access/heap:
tuptoaster.c (r1.75 -> r1.76)
(http://developer.postgresql.org/cvsweb.cgi/pgsql/src/backend/access/heap/tuptoaster.c?r1=1.75&r2=1.76)
pgsql/src/include/catalog:
catversion.h (r1.429 -> r1.430)
(http://developer.postgresql.org/cvsweb.cgi/pgsql/src/include/catalog/catversion.h?r1=1.429&r2=1.430)
pgsql/src/include:
postgres.h (r1.83 -> r1.84)
(http://developer.postgresql.org/cvsweb.cgi/pgsql/src/include/postgres.h?r1=1.83&r2=1.84)

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