2009/11/1 Shaul Dar <shauldar@gmail.com>:
> Hi,
>
> I have several long text fields in my DB that I would love to compress
> (descriptions, URLs etc). Can you tell me what options exists in PG
> (+pointers please), typical effect on space and run time?
Hello
You can do nothing. PostgreSQL compresses data automatically
http://www.postgresql.org/docs/8.4/interactive/storage-toast.html
Regards
Pavel Stehule
>
> Thanks,
>
> -- Shaul
>