Re: Compare rows

From: Gaetano Mendola <mendola(at)bigfoot(dot)com>
To: "pgsql-performance(at)postgresql(dot)org" <pgsql-performance(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Cc: Greg Spiegelberg <gspiegelberg(at)cranel(dot)com>
Subject: Re: Compare rows
Date: 2003-10-09 18:32:21
Message-ID: 3F85A9B5.6030301@bigfoot.com
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Greg Spiegelberg wrote:

> Josh Berkus wrote:
>
>>
>> As you can see, the NULLs are not stored, making this system much more
>> efficient on storage space.
>>
>> Tommorrow I'll (hopefully) write up how to query this for
>> comparisons. It would help if you gave a little more details about
>> what specific comparison you're doing, e.g. between tables or table to
>> value, comparing just the last value or all rows, etc.
>>
>
> Got it. I can see how it would be more efficient in storing. At this
> point it would require a lot of query and code rewrites to handle it.
> Fortunately, we're looking for alternatives for the next revision and
> we're leaving ourselves open for a rewrite much to the boss's chagrin.

I'm not sure about the save in storage. See the Hannu Krosing
arguments.

Regards
Gaetano Mendola

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