Centuries ago, Nostradamus foresaw when listman@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx (list_man) would write: > Can someone tell me if I have to 'enable' TOAST on columns to have it > kick in. According to my research, numeric data types are toastable. TOAST is only used on individual columns that exceed 8K in size. The only way you'll be TOASTing numeric columns is if they are individually defined to occupy > 8192 bytes. Those are *BIG* numeric values; perhaps you're misunderstanding the intent of TOAST... -- let name="cbbrowne" and tld="gmail.com" in String.concat "@" [name;tld];; http://linuxdatabases.info/info/slony.html What do little birdies see when they get knocked unconscious?