Re: [HACKERS] bytea_output output of base64 - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From Jim Nasby
Subject Re: [HACKERS] bytea_output output of base64
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Msg-id b7b1f30e-b4c4-96b6-ea62-e9dc98d60594@BlueTreble.com
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In response to Re: [HACKERS] bytea_output output of base64  (Kenneth Marshall <ktm@rice.edu>)
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On 2/24/17 7:44 AM, Kenneth Marshall wrote:
> Like David suggests,
> if you want compact, run it through lz4/gzip/lzop...for a much better size
> return.

Speaking of which; any bytea where you care about this is likely to live 
in an already compressed state in toast. ISTM it would be valuable if we 
had a way to just spit out the raw compressed data (or a text-safe 
version of that), at least for COPY's purposes...
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