Update TODO items:

< 	o Store disk pages with no alignment/padding?
>
> 	  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.
>
> 	o Store disk pages with no alignment/padding?
>
> 	  This necessitates adding CPU-required padding when moving
> 	  rows from disk to memory.
>
>
> 	  http://archives.postgresql.org/pgsql-hackers/2006-09/msg00848.php
>

diff --git a/doc/TODO b/doc/TODO
index 0c51ad2a71bda08e5182af177770a9ad454148b6..bb1b9e2e106e6c97bdeffa309029a48d0422caca 100644 (file)
--- a/doc/TODO
+++ b/doc/TODO
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 PostgreSQL TODO List
 ====================
 Current maintainer:    Bruce Momjian ([email protected])
-Last updated:      Tue Sep 12 17:02:34 EDT 2006
+Last updated:      Thu Sep 14 13:11:44 EDT 2006
 
 The most recent version of this document can be viewed at
 http://www.postgresql.org/docs/faqs.TODO.html.
@@ -1350,9 +1350,22 @@ Miscellaneous Performance
 
 * Consider ways of storing rows more compactly on disk
 
-   o Store disk pages with no alignment/padding?
    o Reorder physical storage order to reduce padding?
+
+     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.
+
+   o Store disk pages with no alignment/padding?
+
+     This necessitates adding CPU-required padding when moving
+     rows from disk to memory.
+
    o Support a smaller header for short variable-length fields?
+
+     http://archives.postgresql.org/pgsql-hackers/2006-09/msg00848.php
+
    o Reduce the row header size?
 
 

diff --git a/doc/src/FAQ/TODO.html b/doc/src/FAQ/TODO.html
index c77f2737c13a6f00a47b08ccb6e1396ae5df0bad..d720028d3e25b0b8db8250fb265a5e529af60d6c 100644 (file)
--- a/doc/src/FAQ/TODO.html
+++ b/doc/src/FAQ/TODO.html
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
 
 PostgreSQL TODO List
 Current maintainer:     Bruce Momjian ([email protected])
-Last updated:           Tue Sep 12 17:02:34 EDT 2006
+Last updated:           Thu Sep 14 13:11:44 EDT 2006
 
 The most recent version of this document can be viewed at
 http://www.postgresql.org/docs/faqs.TODO.html.
@@ -1217,9 +1217,19 @@ first.
 
   Consider ways of storing rows more compactly on disk
   
-    Store disk pages with no alignment/padding?
-    Reorder physical storage order to reduce padding?
+    Reorder physical storage order to reduce padding?
+          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.
+
+    Store disk pages with no alignment/padding?
+          This necessitates adding CPU-required padding when moving
+          rows from disk to memory.
+
     Support a smaller header for short variable-length fields?
+          http://archives.postgresql.org/pgsql-hackers/2006-09/msg00848.php
+
     Reduce the row header size?