From: Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>
To: meetesh.karia@alumni.duke.edu
Cc: pgsql-performance@postgresql.org
Subject: Re: How are text columns stored?
Date: Tue, 28 Jun 2005 02:18:44 -0400
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Meetesh Karia <meetesh.karia@gmail.com> writes:
> According to section 8.3 of the doc:
> "Long values are also stored in background tables so they do not interfere
> with rapid access to the shorter column values."
> So, how long does a value have to be to be considered "long"?
Several kilobytes.
regards, tom lane
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