Re: Create TOAST table only if AM needs - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From Greg Stark
Subject Re: Create TOAST table only if AM needs
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Msg-id CAM-w4HNrwi51y_a7EvHVKzKY_6b8Ug9LdUaRY8KEjcRNZuvMzA@mail.gmail.com
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In response to Re: Create TOAST table only if AM needs  (Ashwin Agrawal <aagrawal@pivotal.io>)
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Just throwing this out there.... Perhaps we should just disable toasting for non-heap tables entirely for now? 

That way at least people can use it and storage plugins just have to be able to deal with large datums in their own (or throw errors). 

On Fri., May 17, 2019, 5:56 p.m. Ashwin Agrawal, <aagrawal@pivotal.io> wrote:
On Fri, May 17, 2019 at 2:42 PM Robert Haas <robertmhaas@gmail.com> wrote:
In any case, it bears saying that
tableam is a remarkable accomplishment regardless of whatever
shortcomings it has in this area or elsewhere.

Big +1 to this.

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