diff --git a/src/backend/access/heap/stats.c b/src/backend/access/heap/stats.c
index 17d49b93987f17272585ea52eb736c9fa165ee90..b17a71cdd9b98977871ee71183784ba9e38c8988 100644
--- a/src/backend/access/heap/stats.c
+++ b/src/backend/access/heap/stats.c
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
  *
  *
  * IDENTIFICATION
- *	  $Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/src/backend/access/heap/Attic/stats.c,v 1.15 1999/02/13 23:14:25 momjian Exp $
+ *	  $Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/src/backend/access/heap/Attic/stats.c,v 1.16 1999/07/03 00:32:36 momjian Exp $
  *
  * NOTES
  *	  initam should be moved someplace else.
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@
  */
 
 #include <stdio.h>
+#include <time.h>
 
 #include <postgres.h>
 
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/index.c b/src/backend/catalog/index.c
index 82689d1db13763f7e8de95136c424c2575e46259..af8d401aa12ed88bfad4ff6fe96d23149cfe7787 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/index.c
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/index.c
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
  *
  *
  * IDENTIFICATION
- *	  $Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/src/backend/catalog/index.c,v 1.79 1999/06/19 04:54:11 momjian Exp $
+ *	  $Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/src/backend/catalog/index.c,v 1.80 1999/07/03 00:32:38 momjian Exp $
  *
  *
  * INTERFACE ROUTINES
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@
 #include "postgres.h"
 
 #include "access/genam.h"
+#include "access/htup.h"
 #include "access/heapam.h"
 #include "access/istrat.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
@@ -56,7 +57,7 @@
 /*
  * macros used in guessing how many tuples are on a page.
  */
-#define AVG_TUPLE_SIZE 8
+#define AVG_TUPLE_SIZE MinTupleSize
 #define NTUPLES_PER_PAGE(natts) (BLCKSZ/((natts)*AVG_TUPLE_SIZE))
 
 /* non-export function prototypes */
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/copy.c b/src/backend/commands/copy.c
index 9d3dcfebfcd56a6b0bc9c550fca2b6026a921c60..d7dced4c1688d926b888798f6ec7d59c7af85223 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/copy.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/copy.c
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
  *
  *
  * IDENTIFICATION
- *	  $Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/src/backend/commands/copy.c,v 1.80 1999/06/12 20:41:25 tgl Exp $
+ *	  $Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/src/backend/commands/copy.c,v 1.81 1999/07/03 00:32:39 momjian Exp $
  *
  *-------------------------------------------------------------------------
  */
@@ -1073,7 +1073,7 @@ GetIndexRelations(Oid main_relation_oid,
 	}
 }
 
-#define EXT_ATTLEN 5*BLCKSZ
+#define EXT_ATTLEN	(5 * BLCKSZ)
 
 /*
    returns 1 is c is in s
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index ef8a1bffd7d4934ad5868b086bbbc0881cb7688e..b5fa699981b02e2dc01af0b3a38df3a0f8593c41 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
  *
  *
  * IDENTIFICATION
- *	  $Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c,v 1.109 1999/06/11 09:35:08 vadim Exp $
+ *	  $Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c,v 1.110 1999/07/03 00:32:40 momjian Exp $
  *
  *-------------------------------------------------------------------------
  */
@@ -624,7 +624,7 @@ vc_scanheap(VRelStats *vacrelstats, Relation onerel,
 				empty_end_pages;
 	Size		free_size,
 				usable_free_size;
-	Size		min_tlen = MAXTUPLEN;
+	Size		min_tlen = MaxTupleSize;
 	Size		max_tlen = 0;
 	int32		i;
 	struct rusage ru0,
diff --git a/src/backend/optimizer/path/_deadcode/xfunc.c b/src/backend/optimizer/path/_deadcode/xfunc.c
index 3da0edba474c3c59f9f008587ea8df04b2027d34..d77f9d2f107898ccbbfb6ec68d48bc7738ec2f5a 100644
--- a/src/backend/optimizer/path/_deadcode/xfunc.c
+++ b/src/backend/optimizer/path/_deadcode/xfunc.c
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
  *
  *
  * IDENTIFICATION
- *	  $Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/src/backend/optimizer/path/_deadcode/Attic/xfunc.c,v 1.4 1999/05/25 22:41:36 momjian Exp $
+ *	  $Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/src/backend/optimizer/path/_deadcode/Attic/xfunc.c,v 1.5 1999/07/03 00:32:42 momjian Exp $
  *
  *-------------------------------------------------------------------------
  */
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup.h"
 #include "access/heapam.h"
 #include "catalog/pg_language.h"
 #include "catalog/pg_proc.h"
@@ -1094,7 +1095,7 @@ xfunc_expense_per_tuple(JoinPath joinnode, int whichchild)
 	RelOptInfo	outerrel = get_parent((Path) get_outerjoinpath(joinnode));
 	RelOptInfo	innerrel = get_parent((Path) get_innerjoinpath(joinnode));
 	Count		outerwidth = get_width(outerrel);
-	Count		outers_per_page = ceil(BLCKSZ / (outerwidth + sizeof(HeapTupleData)));
+	Count		outers_per_page = ceil(BLCKSZ / (outerwidth + MinTupleSize));
 
 	if (IsA(joinnode, HashPath))
 	{
diff --git a/src/backend/parser/gram.y b/src/backend/parser/gram.y
index bb36c6f0422bb1daa1893e957706d8e96930fc07..dcb61ec132901cf37c39e4fff62a54acf9fc42da 100644
--- a/src/backend/parser/gram.y
+++ b/src/backend/parser/gram.y
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
  *
  *
  * IDENTIFICATION
- *	  $Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/src/backend/parser/gram.y,v 2.84 1999/06/07 14:28:25 tgl Exp $
+ *	  $Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/src/backend/parser/gram.y,v 2.85 1999/07/03 00:32:44 momjian Exp $
  *
  * HISTORY
  *	  AUTHOR			DATE			MAJOR EVENT
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@
 #include <ctype.h>
 
 #include "postgres.h"
+#include "access/htup.h"
 #include "nodes/parsenodes.h"
 #include "nodes/print.h"
 #include "parser/gramparse.h"
@@ -3384,8 +3385,9 @@ Character:  character '(' Iconst ')'
 
 					if ($3 < 1)
 						elog(ERROR,"length for '%s' type must be at least 1",$1);
-					else if ($3 > BLCKSZ - 128)
-						elog(ERROR,"length for type '%s' cannot exceed %d",$1, BLCKSZ-128);
+					else if ($3 > MaxTupleSize)
+						elog(ERROR,"length for type '%s' cannot exceed %d",$1,
+							MaxTupleSize);
 
 					/* we actually implement this sort of like a varlen, so
 					 * the first 4 bytes is the length. (the difference
diff --git a/src/backend/storage/page/bufpage.c b/src/backend/storage/page/bufpage.c
index 8c12a7652c591f1cab6f72f8f4c8b9afc3d07693..204c06302da75a7bf1702143d6a91172e5bf8abd 100644
--- a/src/backend/storage/page/bufpage.c
+++ b/src/backend/storage/page/bufpage.c
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
  *
  *
  * IDENTIFICATION
- *	  $Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/src/backend/storage/page/bufpage.c,v 1.22 1999/05/25 16:11:25 momjian Exp $
+ *	  $Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/src/backend/storage/page/bufpage.c,v 1.23 1999/07/03 00:32:48 momjian Exp $
  *
  *-------------------------------------------------------------------------
  */
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ PageInit(Page page, Size pageSize, Size specialSize)
 
 	Assert(pageSize == BLCKSZ);
 	Assert(pageSize >
-		   specialSize + sizeof(PageHeaderData) - sizeof(ItemIdData));
+			 specialSize + sizeof(PageHeaderData) - sizeof(ItemIdData));
 
 	specialSize = DOUBLEALIGN(specialSize);
 
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/varchar.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/varchar.c
index cb0982a52d8b2613232d991af6899027124a3a49..1f1b8d64975e451acadfc15b2a865564a1639a28 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/varchar.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/varchar.c
@@ -7,13 +7,14 @@
  *
  *
  * IDENTIFICATION
- *	  $Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/src/backend/utils/adt/varchar.c,v 1.46 1999/05/25 16:12:21 momjian Exp $
+ *	  $Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/src/backend/utils/adt/varchar.c,v 1.47 1999/07/03 00:32:50 momjian Exp $
  *
  *-------------------------------------------------------------------------
  */
 #include <stdio.h>				/* for sprintf() */
 #include <string.h>
 #include "postgres.h"
+#include "access/htup.h"
 #include "utils/array.h"
 #include "utils/builtins.h"
 #include "catalog/pg_type.h"
@@ -81,8 +82,9 @@ bpcharin(char *s, int dummy, int32 atttypmod)
 	else
 		len = atttypmod - VARHDRSZ;
 
-	if (len > BLCKSZ - 128)
-		elog(ERROR, "bpcharin: length of char() must be less than %d", BLCKSZ - 128);
+	if (len > MaxTupleSize)
+		elog(ERROR, "bpcharin: length of char() must be less than %d",
+				MaxTupleSize);
 
 	result = (char *) palloc(atttypmod);
 	VARSIZE(result) = atttypmod;
@@ -151,8 +153,9 @@ bpchar(char *s, int32 len)
 
 	rlen = len - VARHDRSZ;
 
-	if (rlen > BLCKSZ - 128)
-		elog(ERROR, "bpchar: length of char() must be less than %d", BLCKSZ - 128);
+	if (rlen > MaxTupleSize)
+		elog(ERROR, "bpchar: length of char() must be less than %d",
+			MaxTupleSize);
 
 #ifdef STRINGDEBUG
 	printf("bpchar- convert string length %d (%d) ->%d (%d)\n",
@@ -332,8 +335,9 @@ varcharin(char *s, int dummy, int32 atttypmod)
 	if (atttypmod != -1 && len > atttypmod)
 		len = atttypmod;		/* clip the string at max length */
 
-	if (len > BLCKSZ - 128)
-		elog(ERROR, "varcharin: length of char() must be less than %d", BLCKSZ - 128);
+	if (len > MaxTupleSize)
+		elog(ERROR, "varcharin: length of char() must be less than %d",
+				MaxTupleSize);
 
 	result = (char *) palloc(len);
 	VARSIZE(result) = len;
@@ -403,8 +407,9 @@ varchar(char *s, int32 slen)
 	len = slen - VARHDRSZ;
 #endif
 
-	if (len > BLCKSZ - 128)
-		elog(ERROR, "varchar: length of varchar() must be less than BLCKSZ-128");
+	if (len > MaxTupleSize)
+		elog(ERROR, "varchar: length of varchar() must be less than %d",
+			MaxTupleSize);
 
 	result = (char *) palloc(slen);
 	VARSIZE(result) = slen;
diff --git a/src/include/access/htup.h b/src/include/access/htup.h
index 996d2c158c68f327c78cc3377e212b48f2ff4fa1..d4107b9cc2f6544dd9f1c04d329c32091a2d2aaf 100644
--- a/src/include/access/htup.h
+++ b/src/include/access/htup.h
@@ -6,14 +6,14 @@
  *
  * Copyright (c) 1994, Regents of the University of California
  *
- * $Id: htup.h,v 1.16 1999/05/25 22:42:32 momjian Exp $
+ * $Id: htup.h,v 1.17 1999/07/03 00:32:55 momjian Exp $
  *
  *-------------------------------------------------------------------------
  */
 #ifndef HTUP_H
 #define HTUP_H
 
-#include <utils/nabstime.h>
+#include <storage/bufpage.h>
 #include <storage/itemptr.h>
 
 #define MinHeapTupleBitmapSize	32		/* 8 * 4 */
@@ -52,6 +52,11 @@ typedef struct HeapTupleHeaderData
 
 typedef HeapTupleHeaderData *HeapTupleHeader;
 
+#define MinTupleSize	(sizeof (PageHeaderData) + \
+						 sizeof(HeapTupleHeaderData) + sizeof(int4))
+
+#define MaxTupleSize	(BLCKSZ/2 - MinTupleSize)
+
 #define SelfItemPointerAttributeNumber			(-1)
 #define ObjectIdAttributeNumber					(-2)
 #define MinTransactionIdAttributeNumber			(-3)
diff --git a/src/include/storage/bufpage.h b/src/include/storage/bufpage.h
index 5c8574a45098706c5873e8157591a9c33b452a04..74729eaddc4119d974a96cdbf172bc3ca5e97411 100644
--- a/src/include/storage/bufpage.h
+++ b/src/include/storage/bufpage.h
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
  *
  * Copyright (c) 1994, Regents of the University of California
  *
- * $Id: bufpage.h,v 1.22 1999/05/25 16:14:40 momjian Exp $
+ * $Id: bufpage.h,v 1.23 1999/07/03 00:32:59 momjian Exp $
  *
  *-------------------------------------------------------------------------
  */
@@ -133,18 +133,6 @@ typedef enum
 	OverwritePageManagerMode
 } PageManagerMode;
 
-/* ----------------
- *		misc support macros
- * ----------------
- */
-
-/*
- * XXX this is wrong -- ignores padding/alignment, variable page size,
- * AM-specific opaque space at the end of the page (as in btrees), ...
- * however, it at least serves as an upper bound for heap pages.
- */
-#define MAXTUPLEN		(BLCKSZ - sizeof (PageHeaderData))
-
 /* ----------------------------------------------------------------
  *						page support macros
  * ----------------------------------------------------------------
diff --git a/src/interfaces/ecpg/preproc/preproc.y b/src/interfaces/ecpg/preproc/preproc.y
index 9d21b064e575f84c1ea6b62fc8d3df5cbd885c4c..75127b308d99b7c4cd32062e7f31d0851d7c2059 100644
--- a/src/interfaces/ecpg/preproc/preproc.y
+++ b/src/interfaces/ecpg/preproc/preproc.y
@@ -3,6 +3,9 @@
 #include <stdio.h>
 #include <string.h>
 #include <stdlib.h>
+
+#include "postgres.h"
+#include "access/htup.h"
 #include "catalog/catname.h"
 #include "utils/numeric.h"
 
@@ -3351,8 +3354,8 @@ Character:  character '(' Iconst ')'
 						sprintf(errortext, "length for '%s' type must be at least 1",$1);
 						yyerror(errortext);
 					}
-					else if (atol($3) > BLCKSZ - 128) {
-						sprintf(errortext, "length for type '%s' cannot exceed %d",$1,BLCKSZ - 128);
+					else if (atol($3) > MaxTupleSize) {
+						sprintf(errortext, "length for type '%s' cannot exceed %d",$1,MaxTupleSize);
 						yyerror(errortext);
 					}