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authorBruce Momjian <bruce@momjian.us>2006-02-25 04:28:54 +0000
committerBruce Momjian <bruce@momjian.us>2006-02-25 04:28:54 +0000
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Fix computation of sample table size.
-rw-r--r--doc/FAQ4
-rw-r--r--doc/src/FAQ/FAQ.html4
2 files changed, 4 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/doc/FAQ b/doc/FAQ
index b44997cd16a..2c70d78fb96 100644
--- a/doc/FAQ
+++ b/doc/FAQ
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) for PostgreSQL
- Last updated: Fri Feb 24 09:59:35 EST 2006
+ Last updated: Fri Feb 24 23:28:40 EST 2006
Current maintainer: Bruce Momjian (pgman@candle.pha.pa.us)
@@ -524,7 +524,7 @@
As an example, consider a file of 100,000 lines with an integer and
text description on each line. Suppose the text string avergages
twenty bytes in length. The flat file would be 2.8 MB. The size of the
- PostgreSQL database file containing this data can be estimated as 6.4
+ PostgreSQL database file containing this data can be estimated as 5.6
MB:
28 bytes: each row header (approximate)
24 bytes: one int field and one text field
diff --git a/doc/src/FAQ/FAQ.html b/doc/src/FAQ/FAQ.html
index 7359ba271dc..4fd3016986b 100644
--- a/doc/src/FAQ/FAQ.html
+++ b/doc/src/FAQ/FAQ.html
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
alink="#0000ff">
<H1>Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) for PostgreSQL</H1>
- <P>Last updated: Fri Feb 24 09:59:35 EST 2006</P>
+ <P>Last updated: Fri Feb 24 23:28:40 EST 2006</P>
<P>Current maintainer: Bruce Momjian (<A href=
"mailto:pgman@candle.pha.pa.us">pgman@candle.pha.pa.us</A>)
@@ -692,7 +692,7 @@ table?</TD><TD>unlimited</TD></TR>
and text description on each line. Suppose the text string
avergages twenty bytes in length. The flat file would be 2.8 MB.
The size of the PostgreSQL database file containing this data can
- be estimated as 6.4 MB:</P>
+ be estimated as 5.6 MB:</P>
<PRE>
28 bytes: each row header (approximate)
24 bytes: one int field and one text field