Re: BLCKSZ

On Wed, May 17, 2000 at 02:53:17PM -0400, Robert B. Easter wrote:
>
> If I set the block size from 8k to 16k by editing /include/config.h, then all
> tuples will take up 16k on disk?  If true, it just wastes lots of disk space if
> you are really not going to be storing more than 8k in most tuples?

Currently, more than one tuple can be stored in a block, it's just that
any one tuple cannot be stored in more than one block: i.e. tuples cannot
span blocks, so the BLKSZ sets the maximum tuple size. Clear?

Ross
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