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Subject: size of data files
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Date: Sat, 20 Nov 93 1:57:34 CST
From: Kent Archie <kca@iwtqg.Berkeley.EDU>
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Is there a way to determine the amount of space actually used
by Postgres tables. I just stored some data in my tables
and they jumped from 0 bytes to 8192. I assume there is
some minimum allocation regardless of the actual data stored.
But can I find the amount due to my data?
I am trying to compare the earlier file-based version
of my application to the Postgres one.
I expect the database to have higher overhead, but how much?
**kent
Kent Archie
kca@iwtqg.att.com