Re: How are text columns stored?

From: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: meetesh(dot)karia(at)alumni(dot)duke(dot)edu
Cc: pgsql-performance(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: How are text columns stored?
Date: 2005-06-28 06:18:44
Message-ID: 11351.1119939524@sss.pgh.pa.us
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Meetesh Karia <meetesh(dot)karia(at)gmail(dot)com> writes:
> According to section 8.3 of the doc:

> "Long values are also stored in background tables so they do not interfere
> with rapid access to the shorter column values."

> So, how long does a value have to be to be considered "long"?

Several kilobytes.

regards, tom lane

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