On Sun, Nov 1, 2009 at 7:56 AM, Pavel Stehule <pavel.stehule@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > 2009/11/1 Shaul Dar <shauldar@xxxxxxxxx>: >> 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 Well you can pick a strategy. But yeah, there's not much for the average user to do really. -- Sent via pgsql-performance mailing list (pgsql-performance@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-performance
