Re: Number of attributes in HeapTupleHeader

From: "Hiroshi Inoue" <Inoue(at)tpf(dot)co(dot)jp>
To: "Manfred Koizar" <mkoi-pg(at)aon(dot)at>
Cc: <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: Number of attributes in HeapTupleHeader
Date: 2002-05-05 23:44:27
Message-ID: EKEJJICOHDIEMGPNIFIJIEGBHLAA.Inoue@tpf.co.jp
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Manfred Koizar
>
> If there is interest in reducing on-disk tuple header size and I have
> not missed any strong arguments against dropping t_natts, I'll
> investigate further. Comments?

If a dbms is proper, it prepares a mechanism from the first
to handle ADD COLUMN without touching the tuples. If the
machanism is lost(I believe so) by removing t_natts, I would
say good bye to PostgreSQL.

regards,
Hiroshi Inoue

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