Re: Significantly larger toast tables on 8.4? - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From Stephen R. van den Berg
Subject Re: Significantly larger toast tables on 8.4?
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Msg-id 20090106195741.GB28618@cuci.nl
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In response to Re: Significantly larger toast tables on 8.4?  (Peter Eisentraut <peter_e@gmx.net>)
Responses Re: Significantly larger toast tables on 8.4?  ("Alex Hunsaker" <badalex@gmail.com>)
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Peter Eisentraut wrote:
>(1) Compress everything within reason by default, causing slower retrieval, do 
>not offer substr optimization. [<= 8.3]

>(2) Compress only up to 1 MB, causing faster retrieval, supporting substr 
>optimization. [8.4devel]

>I am personally completely puzzled by option number 2.  Is there even a single 
>use case for that?

I can't imagine one, and (in this thread at least) noone has demonstrated
such; Tom hinted at one, but he didn't elaborate.
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Sincerely,          Stephen R. van den Berg.

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