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diff --git a/doc/src/FAQ/TODO.html b/doc/src/FAQ/TODO.html index c77f2737c13..d720028d3e2 100644 --- a/doc/src/FAQ/TODO.html +++ b/doc/src/FAQ/TODO.html @@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ <body bgcolor="#FFFFFF" text="#000000" link="#FF0000" vlink="#A00000" alink="#0000FF"> <h1><a name="section_1">PostgreSQL TODO List</a></h1> <p>Current maintainer: Bruce Momjian (<a href="mailto:bruce@momjian.us">bruce@momjian.us</a>)<br/> -Last updated: Tue Sep 12 17:02:34 EDT 2006 +Last updated: Thu Sep 14 13:11:44 EDT 2006 </p> <p>The most recent version of this document can be viewed at<br/> <a href="http://www.postgresql.org/docs/faqs.TODO.html">http://www.postgresql.org/docs/faqs.TODO.html</a>. @@ -1217,9 +1217,19 @@ first. </p> </li><li>Consider ways of storing rows more compactly on disk <ul> - <li>Store disk pages with no alignment/padding? - </li><li>Reorder physical storage order to reduce padding? + <li>Reorder physical storage order to reduce padding? +<p> This involves having the user-specified order of columns + be different from the physical order. SELECT * would + need to reorder the physical values to match the + user-specified ordering. +</p> + </li><li>Store disk pages with no alignment/padding? +<p> This necessitates adding CPU-required padding when moving + rows from disk to memory. +</p> </li><li>Support a smaller header for short variable-length fields? +<p> <a href="http://archives.postgresql.org/pgsql-hackers/2006-09/msg00848.php">http://archives.postgresql.org/pgsql-hackers/2006-09/msg00848.php</a> +</p> </li><li>Reduce the row header size? </li></ul> </li></ul> |