Index: doc/src/sgml/func.sgml
===================================================================
RCS file: /cvsroot/pgsql/doc/src/sgml/func.sgml,v
retrieving revision 1.262
diff -c -c -r1.262 func.sgml
*** doc/src/sgml/func.sgml	29 Jun 2005 01:52:56 -0000	1.262
--- doc/src/sgml/func.sgml	6 Jul 2005 18:55:34 -0000
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*** 2187,2192 ****
--- 2187,2200 ----
        
  
        
+        pg_column_size(string)
+        integer
+        Number of bytes required to store the value, which might be compressed
+        pg_column_size('jo\\000se'::bytea)
+        5
+       
+ 
+       
         position(substring in string)
         integer
         Location of specified substring
Index: src/backend/access/heap/tuptoaster.c
===================================================================
RCS file: /cvsroot/pgsql/src/backend/access/heap/tuptoaster.c,v
retrieving revision 1.49
diff -c -c -r1.49 tuptoaster.c
*** src/backend/access/heap/tuptoaster.c	21 Mar 2005 01:23:58 -0000	1.49
--- src/backend/access/heap/tuptoaster.c	6 Jul 2005 18:55:35 -0000
***************
*** 1436,1438 ****
--- 1436,1480 ----
  
  	return result;
  }
+ 
+ /* ----------
+  * toast_datum_size
+  *
+  *	Show the (possibly compressed) size of a datum
+  * ----------
+  */
+ Size 
+ toast_datum_size(Datum value)
+ {
+ 
+ 	varattrib	*attr = (varattrib *) DatumGetPointer(value);
+ 	Size		result;
+ 
+ 	if (VARATT_IS_EXTERNAL(attr))
+ 	{
+ 		/*
+ 		 * Attribute is stored externally - If it is compressed too, 
+ 		 * then we need to get the external datum and calculate its size,
+ 		 * otherwise we just use the external rawsize.
+ 		 */
+ 		if (VARATT_IS_COMPRESSED(attr))
+ 		{
+ 			varattrib		*attrext = toast_fetch_datum(attr);
+ 			result = VARSIZE(attrext);
+ 			pfree(attrext);
+ 		}
+ 		else
+ 			result = attr->va_content.va_external.va_rawsize;
+ 	}
+ 	else
+ 	{
+ 		/*
+ 		 * Attribute is stored inline either compressed or not, just
+ 		 * calculate the size of the datum in either case.
+ 		 */
+ 		result = VARSIZE(attr);
+ 	}
+ 
+ 	return result;
+ 	
+ }
Index: src/backend/utils/adt/varlena.c
===================================================================
RCS file: /cvsroot/pgsql/src/backend/utils/adt/varlena.c,v
retrieving revision 1.124
diff -c -c -r1.124 varlena.c
*** src/backend/utils/adt/varlena.c	4 Jul 2005 18:56:44 -0000	1.124
--- src/backend/utils/adt/varlena.c	6 Jul 2005 18:55:36 -0000
***************
*** 28,33 ****
--- 28,34 ----
  #include "utils/builtins.h"
  #include "utils/lsyscache.h"
  #include "utils/pg_locale.h"
+ #include "utils/syscache.h"
  
  
  typedef struct varlena unknown;
***************
*** 2348,2350 ****
--- 2349,2395 ----
  	result_text = PG_STR_GET_TEXT(hexsum);
  	PG_RETURN_TEXT_P(result_text);
  }
+ 
+ /* 
+  * Return the length of a datum, possibly compressed
+  */
+ Datum
+ pg_column_size(PG_FUNCTION_ARGS)
+ {
+ 	Datum			value = PG_GETARG_DATUM(0);
+ 	int				result;
+ 
+ 	/*	fn_extra stores the fixed column length, or -1 for varlena. */
+ 	if (fcinfo->flinfo->fn_extra == NULL)	/* first call? */
+ 	{
+ 		/* On the first call lookup the datatype of the supplied argument */
+ 		Oid				argtypeid = get_fn_expr_argtype(fcinfo->flinfo, 0);
+ 		HeapTuple		tp;
+ 		int				typlen;
+ 
+ 		tp = SearchSysCache(TYPEOID,
+ 							ObjectIdGetDatum(argtypeid),
+ 							0, 0, 0);
+ 		if (!HeapTupleIsValid(tp))
+ 		{
+ 			/* Oid not in pg_type, should never happen. */
+ 			ereport(ERROR,
+ 					(errcode(ERRCODE_INTERNAL_ERROR),
+ 					 errmsg("invalid typid: %u", argtypeid)));
+ 		}
+ 		
+ 		typlen = ((Form_pg_type)GETSTRUCT(tp))->typlen;
+ 		ReleaseSysCache(tp);
+ 		fcinfo->flinfo->fn_extra = MemoryContextAlloc(fcinfo->flinfo->fn_mcxt,
+ 													  sizeof(int));
+ 		*(int *)fcinfo->flinfo->fn_extra = typlen;
+ 	}
+ 
+ 	if (*(int *)fcinfo->flinfo->fn_extra != -1)
+ 		PG_RETURN_INT32(*(int *)fcinfo->flinfo->fn_extra);
+ 	else
+ 	{
+ 		result = toast_datum_size(value) - VARHDRSZ;
+ 		PG_RETURN_INT32(result);
+ 	}
+ }
Index: src/include/access/tuptoaster.h
===================================================================
RCS file: /cvsroot/pgsql/src/include/access/tuptoaster.h,v
retrieving revision 1.22
diff -c -c -r1.22 tuptoaster.h
*** src/include/access/tuptoaster.h	21 Mar 2005 01:24:04 -0000	1.22
--- src/include/access/tuptoaster.h	6 Jul 2005 18:55:37 -0000
***************
*** 138,141 ****
--- 138,149 ----
   */
  extern Size toast_raw_datum_size(Datum value);
  
+ /* ----------
+  * toast_datum_size -
+  *
+  *	Return the storage size of a varlena datum
+  * ----------
+  */
+ extern Size toast_datum_size(Datum value);
+ 
  #endif   /* TUPTOASTER_H */
Index: src/include/catalog/pg_proc.h
===================================================================
RCS file: /cvsroot/pgsql/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.h,v
retrieving revision 1.373
diff -c -c -r1.373 pg_proc.h
*** src/include/catalog/pg_proc.h	1 Jul 2005 19:19:03 -0000	1.373
--- src/include/catalog/pg_proc.h	6 Jul 2005 18:55:43 -0000
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*** 3658,3663 ****
--- 3658,3667 ----
  DATA(insert OID = 2560 (  pg_postmaster_start_time PGNSP PGUID 12 f f t f s 0 1184 "" _null_ _null_ _null_ pgsql_postmaster_start_time - _null_ ));
  DESCR("postmaster start time");
  
+ /* Column storage size */
+ DATA(insert OID = 1269 (  pg_column_size	   PGNSP PGUID 12 f f t f i 1 23 "2276" _null_ _null_ _null_  pg_column_size - _null_ ));
+ DESCR("bytes required to store the value, perhaps with compression");
+ 
  /* new functions for Y-direction rtree opclasses */
  DATA(insert OID = 2562 (  box_below		   PGNSP PGUID 12 f f t f i 2 16 "603 603" _null_ _null_ _null_	box_below - _null_ ));
  DESCR("is below");
Index: src/include/utils/builtins.h
===================================================================
RCS file: /cvsroot/pgsql/src/include/utils/builtins.h,v
retrieving revision 1.258
diff -c -c -r1.258 builtins.h
*** src/include/utils/builtins.h	17 Jun 2005 22:32:50 -0000	1.258
--- src/include/utils/builtins.h	6 Jul 2005 18:55:43 -0000
***************
*** 601,606 ****
--- 601,607 ----
  extern Datum byteapos(PG_FUNCTION_ARGS);
  extern Datum bytea_substr(PG_FUNCTION_ARGS);
  extern Datum bytea_substr_no_len(PG_FUNCTION_ARGS);
+ extern Datum pg_column_size(PG_FUNCTION_ARGS);
  
  /* version.c */
  extern Datum pgsql_version(PG_FUNCTION_ARGS);