Is data compressed when stored?

Started by Howard Coleover 16 years ago3 messagesgeneral

howardnews@selestial.com

over 16 years ago

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

andreas.kretschmer@schollglas.com

over 16 years ago

In reply to: Howard Cole (#1)

Re: Is data compressed when stored?

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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howardnews@selestial.com

over 16 years ago

In reply to: A. Kretschmer (#2)

Re: Is data compressed when stored?

A. Kretschmer wrote:

http://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/static/storage-toast.html

Andreas

Thanks Andreas.