Re: Compressed binary field - Mailing list pgsql-general

From Kevin Grittner
Subject Re: Compressed binary field
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In response to Re: Compressed binary field  (Edson Richter <edsonrichter@hotmail.com>)
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Edson Richter <edsonrichter@hotmail.com> wrote:

> this automatic compression applies to bytea fields?

Yes, but keep in mind that anything which is already compressed or
encrypted will probably not compress much if at all.  Many of the
binary objects you might want to store in the database probably
already use compression internally.

-Kevin


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