Enum StorageFormat 

pub enum StorageFormat {
    Row,
    Columnar,
}

Storage format for tables

Tables can be stored in row-oriented (default) or columnar format. Columnar storage is optimized for analytical queries (OLAP) with SIMD-accelerated scans and aggregations.

Usage

-- Create a columnar table for analytics
CREATE TABLE lineitem (...) STORAGE COLUMNAR;

-- Explicitly create a row-oriented table
CREATE TABLE orders (...) STORAGE ROW;

Performance Trade-offs

Format	INSERT	Point Query	Scan	Aggregation
Row	O(1)	O(1) index	O(n)	O(n)
Columnar	O(n)*	O(n)	O(n) SIMD	O(n) SIMD

*Columnar INSERT triggers full rebuild - use for bulk-load scenarios only.

Variants

Row

Traditional row-oriented storage (default)

Optimized for OLTP workloads: fast inserts, point lookups. Use for tables with frequent writes or transactional access patterns.

Columnar

Native columnar storage for analytical tables

Optimized for OLAP workloads: fast scans, aggregations. Eliminates row-to-columnar conversion overhead for analytical queries.

Warning: Each write operation (INSERT/UPDATE/DELETE) triggers a full rebuild of the columnar representation. Only use for tables that are bulk-loaded and rarely modified.

Trait Implementations

impl Clone for StorageFormat

fn clone(&self) -> StorageFormat

Returns a duplicate of the value.

fn clone_from(&mut self, source: &Self)

Performs copy-assignment from source.

impl Debug for StorageFormat

fn fmt(&self, f: &mut Formatter<'_>) -> Result

Formats the value using the given formatter.

impl Default for StorageFormat

fn default() -> StorageFormat

Returns the “default value” for a type.

impl Display for StorageFormat

fn fmt(&self, f: &mut Formatter<'_>) -> Result

Formats the value using the given formatter.

impl PartialEq for StorageFormat

fn eq(&self, other: &StorageFormat) -> bool

Tests for self and other values to be equal, and is used by ==.

fn ne(&self, other: &Rhs) -> bool

Tests for !=. The default implementation is almost always sufficient, and should not be overridden without very good reason.

impl Copy for StorageFormat

impl Eq for StorageFormat

impl StructuralPartialEq for StorageFormat