Re: Performance impact of record sizes

Bruce Momjian wrote:
> 
> I see in the data types section for character types this text:
> 
>      There are no performance differences between these three types,
>      apart from the increased storage size when using the blank-padded
>      type.
> 
> I can't improve on that.

I added a mention of TOAST in the character data type docs:

	Long values are also stored in background tables so they don't
	interfere with rapid access to the shorter column values.

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