From: Pavel Stehule <pavel.stehule@gmail.com>
To: Shaul Dar <shauldar@gmail.com>
Cc: pgsql-performance@postgresql.org
Subject: Re: Compression in PG
Date: Sun, 1 Nov 2009 15:56:17 +0100
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2009/11/1 Shaul Dar <shauldar@gmail.com>:
> Hi,
>
> I have several long text fields in my DB that I would love to compress
> (descriptions, URLs etc). Can you tell me what options exists in PG
> (+pointers please), typical effect on space and run time?
Hello
You can do nothing. PostgreSQL compresses data automatically
http://www.postgresql.org/docs/8.4/interactive/storage-toast.html
Regards
Pavel Stehule
>
> Thanks,
>
> -- Shaul
>
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