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Diffstat (limited to 'src/backend/access/common/heaptuple.c')
| -rw-r--r-- | src/backend/access/common/heaptuple.c | 11 |
1 files changed, 10 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/src/backend/access/common/heaptuple.c b/src/backend/access/common/heaptuple.c index ef246c901e7..6bedbdf07ff 100644 --- a/src/backend/access/common/heaptuple.c +++ b/src/backend/access/common/heaptuple.c @@ -68,7 +68,16 @@ #include "utils/memutils.h" -/* Does att's datatype allow packing into the 1-byte-header varlena format? */ +/* + * Does att's datatype allow packing into the 1-byte-header varlena format? + * While functions that use TupleDescAttr() and assign attstorage = + * TYPSTORAGE_PLAIN cannot use packed varlena headers, functions that call + * TupleDescInitEntry() use typeForm->typstorage (TYPSTORAGE_EXTENDED) and + * can use packed varlena headers, e.g.: + * CREATE TABLE test(a VARCHAR(10000) STORAGE PLAIN); + * INSERT INTO test VALUES (repeat('A',10)); + * This can be verified with pageinspect. + */ #define ATT_IS_PACKABLE(att) \ ((att)->attlen == -1 && (att)->attstorage != TYPSTORAGE_PLAIN) /* Use this if it's already known varlena */ |