Thread: Is data compressed when stored?

Hi everyone,

Is data compressed when stored in a database table/field?

If not, is there an easy way (invisible to the database client) to
compress text and bytea data without actually using compressed disks?

Thanks.

Howard
www.selestial.com

In response to Howard Cole :
> Hi everyone,
>
> Is data compressed when stored in a database table/field?

http://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/static/storage-toast.html

Andreas
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A. Kretschmer wrote:
> http://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/static/storage-toast.html
>
> Andreas
>
Thanks Andreas.