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From Tom Lane
Subject Re: How are text columns stored?
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In response to How are text columns stored?  (Meetesh Karia <meetesh.karia@gmail.com>)
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Meetesh Karia <meetesh.karia@gmail.com> writes:
> According to section 8.3 of the doc:

> "Long values are also stored in background tables so they do not interfere
> with rapid access to the shorter column values."

> So, how long does a value have to be to be considered "long"?

Several kilobytes.

            regards, tom lane

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