Update TODO items:

bmomjian · bmomjian · commit 7f75537cd701 · 2006-09-14T17:11:51.000Z
< o Store disk pages with no alignment/padding? > > This involves having the user-specified order of columns > be different from the physical order. SELECT * would > need to reorder the physical values to match the > user-specified ordering. > > o Store disk pages with no alignment/padding? > > This necessitates adding CPU-required padding when moving > rows from disk to memory. > > > http://archives.postgresql.org/pgsql-hackers/2006-09/msg00848.php >
diff --git a/doc/TODO b/doc/TODO
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 PostgreSQL TODO List
 ====================
 Current maintainer:	Bruce Momjian (bruce@momjian.us)
-Last updated:		Tue Sep 12 17:02:34 EDT 2006
+Last updated:		Thu Sep 14 13:11:44 EDT 2006
 
 The most recent version of this document can be viewed at
 http://www.postgresql.org/docs/faqs.TODO.html.
@@ -1350,9 +1350,22 @@ Miscellaneous Performance
 
 * Consider ways of storing rows more compactly on disk
 
-	o Store disk pages with no alignment/padding?
 	o Reorder physical storage order to reduce padding?
+
+	  This involves having the user-specified order of columns
+	  be different from the physical order.  SELECT * would 
+	  need to reorder the physical values to match the
+	  user-specified ordering.
+
+	o Store disk pages with no alignment/padding?
+
+	  This necessitates adding CPU-required padding when moving
+	  rows from disk to memory.
+
 	o Support a smaller header for short variable-length fields?
+
+	  http://archives.postgresql.org/pgsql-hackers/2006-09/msg00848.php
+
 	o Reduce the row header size?
 
 
diff --git a/doc/src/FAQ/TODO.html b/doc/src/FAQ/TODO.html
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
 <body bgcolor="#FFFFFF" text="#000000" link="#FF0000" vlink="#A00000" alink="#0000FF">
 <h1><a name="section_1">PostgreSQL TODO List</a></h1>
 <p>Current maintainer:     Bruce Momjian (<a href="mailto:bruce@momjian.us">bruce@momjian.us</a>)<br/>
-Last updated:           Tue Sep 12 17:02:34 EDT 2006
+Last updated:           Thu Sep 14 13:11:44 EDT 2006
 </p>
 <p>The most recent version of this document can be viewed at<br/>
 <a href="http://www.postgresql.org/docs/faqs.TODO.html">http://www.postgresql.org/docs/faqs.TODO.html</a>.
@@ -1217,9 +1217,19 @@ <h1><a name="section_21">Miscellaneous Performance</a></h1>
 </p>
   </li><li>Consider ways of storing rows more compactly on disk
   <ul>
-    <li>Store disk pages with no alignment/padding?
-    </li><li>Reorder physical storage order to reduce padding?
+    <li>Reorder physical storage order to reduce padding?
+<p>          This involves having the user-specified order of columns
+          be different from the physical order.  SELECT * would 
+          need to reorder the physical values to match the
+          user-specified ordering.
+</p>
+    </li><li>Store disk pages with no alignment/padding?
+<p>          This necessitates adding CPU-required padding when moving
+          rows from disk to memory.
+</p>
     </li><li>Support a smaller header for short variable-length fields?
+<p>          <a href="http://archives.postgresql.org/pgsql-hackers/2006-09/msg00848.php">http://archives.postgresql.org/pgsql-hackers/2006-09/msg00848.php</a>
+</p>
     </li><li>Reduce the row header size?
   </li></ul>
 </li></ul>
