Re: Status of server side Large Object support? - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

David Garamond <lists@zara.6.isreserved.com> writes:
> I find it nonintuitive and hard to remember. Perhaps something like this 
> is better (I know, it's probably too late):

>   ALTER [ COLUMN ] column SET STORAGE { INLINE | EXTERNAL }
>   ALTER [ COLUMN ] column SET COMPRESSION { YES | NO }

The semantics are not simply two independent variables, however.
In particular, IIRC the precedence of different possible actions
is such that you couldn't cleanly express it that way.
        regards, tom lane