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Mike --


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>
>Is PG compressing this data?  I'm curious as I was considering
>converting this column to a byte array and gzip'ing the data to save
>space, however if PG is already doing this for me, then I'm not going
>to bother.  Thanks!
>
>Mike


It may vary from version of postgres to version, but perhaps you are seeing the effects of TOAST kicking in ? Do a search in the documentation for your specific version (8.3, 9.1 etc.)

HTH,

Greg Williamson


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