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| From: | Howard Cole <howardnews(at)selestial(dot)com> |
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| To: | "pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org List" <pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org> |
| Subject: | Is data compressed when stored? |
| Date: | 2009-10-29 11:03:48 |
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Hi everyone,
Is data compressed when stored in a database table/field?
If not, is there an easy way (invisible to the database client) to
compress text and bytea data without actually using compressed disks?
Thanks.
Howard
www.selestial.com
| From: | "A(dot) Kretschmer" <andreas(dot)kretschmer(at)schollglas(dot)com> |
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| To: | pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org |
| Subject: | Re: Is data compressed when stored? |
| Date: | 2009-10-29 11:26:10 |
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In response to Howard Cole :
> Hi everyone,
>
> Is data compressed when stored in a database table/field?
http://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/static/storage-toast.html
Andreas
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| From: | Howard Cole <howardnews(at)selestial(dot)com> |
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| To: | "A(dot) Kretschmer" <andreas(dot)kretschmer(at)schollglas(dot)com> |
| Cc: | pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org |
| Subject: | Re: Is data compressed when stored? |
| Date: | 2009-10-29 17:56:17 |
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A. Kretschmer wrote:
> http://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/static/storage-toast.html
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> Andreas
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Thanks Andreas.