On 1 wrz 2013, at 03:31, Craig James <cjames@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > If your applications are read-heavy and only have a small-ish amount of code that inserts/updates the table, it may not be that much of a rewrite. You can create a integer/varchar table of key/values, use its key to replace the current varchar column, rename the original table, and create a view with the original table's name. Code that only reads the data won't know the difference. And it's a portable solution. > > I did this and it worked out well. If the key/value pairs table is relatively small, the planner does an excellent job of generating efficient queries against the big table. > > Craig Actually this (event) table is write heavy. But the concept is really cool and worth trying. Thanks. Lukasz -- Sent via pgsql-performance mailing list (pgsql-performance@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-performance
