Large Text Fields and TOAST - Mailing list pgsql-general

From Lee Russell
Subject Large Text Fields and TOAST
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Msg-id 989ntj$l53$1@news.tht.net
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Responses Re: Large Text Fields and TOAST  (Stephan Szabo <sszabo@megazone23.bigpanda.com>)
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hi,

I an using postgresql-7.1beta4 and am trying to use the large text fields.

I have heard of TOAST. There is little documentation.

I found one section about creating a data type,

then creating two functions to convert the data types.

Is this how TOAST is implemented?

Am I on the right track?. If so, what do

the conversion functions look like. I am using plpgsql.

Thanks, Lee




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