Re: [HACKERS] 8K block limit

> On Mon, 15 Feb 1999, Ken Mort wrote:
> 
> > Already asked this in the other lists so here.
> > 
> > I need to store some polygons that are larger than 8K.
> > I was reading in hackers archives talk about a solution
> > to the 8K limit. Was anything done? If so, what do I
> > need to do to solve my problem?
> 
> There is an option that can be set at compile time to set the block size
> from 8k to something like 32 or 64K (not sure which).

I think it is 32k. (tuple offset in a block is limited to 15 bits)

> Note: Changing the block size may have a performance hit however.

Why?
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Tatsuo Ishii