From: Jesper Krogh <jesper@krogh.cc>
To: Shaul Dar <shauldar@gmail.com>
To: pgsql-performance@postgresql.org <pgsql-performance@postgresql.org>
Subject: Re: Compression in PG
Date: Sun, 01 Nov 2009 16:45:35 +0100
Message-ID: <4AEDAD1F.6050602@krogh.cc> (raw)
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Shaul Dar wrote:
> 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?
variable length text fields .. e.g TEXT will automatically be stored in
a TOAST table and compressed. Search the manual for toast.
--
Jesper
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