| From: | Bruce Momjian <bruce(at)momjian(dot)us> |
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| To: | "Jonathan S(dot) Katz" <jkatz(at)postgresql(dot)org> |
| Cc: | "David G(dot) Johnston" <david(dot)g(dot)johnston(at)gmail(dot)com>, troy(at)frericks(dot)us, Pg Docs <pgsql-docs(at)lists(dot)postgresql(dot)org> |
| Subject: | Re: I came here to determine how much storage a boolean variable uses |
| Date: | 2021-09-01 19:49:46 |
| Message-ID: | 20210901194946.GA24833@momjian.us |
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On Mon, Aug 30, 2021 at 12:16:13PM -0400, Jonathan Katz wrote:
> > https://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/storage-page-layout.html#STORAGE-TUPLE-LAYOUT
> > <https://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/storage-page-layout.html#STORAGE-TUPLE-LAYOUT>
>
> Well, it is provided one level deeper in the data type docs, e.g.:
>
> https://www.postgresql.org/docs/13/datatype-boolean.html
>
> I think it's a reasonable request to consider. It potentially duplicates
> the info in the data types section (i.e. one more thing to maintain),
> but it does provide some convenience for scanning it across the
> consolidated table.
FYI, I usually use psql's \dTS+.
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