Re: QuickLZ compression algorithm (Re: Inclusion in the PostgreSQL backend for toasting rows)

From: Andrew Chernow <ac(at)esilo(dot)com>
To: Robert Haas <robertmhaas(at)gmail(dot)com>
Cc: Douglas McNaught <doug(at)mcnaught(dot)org>, "Stephen R(dot) van den Berg" <srb(at)cuci(dot)nl>, Alvaro Herrera <alvherre(at)commandprompt(dot)com>, lar(at)quicklz(dot)com, pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: QuickLZ compression algorithm (Re: Inclusion in the PostgreSQL backend for toasting rows)
Date: 2009-01-05 18:44:57
Message-ID: 49625529.9040102@esilo.com
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Robert Haas wrote:
>
> What we do have is a suggestion from several people that the database
> shouldn't be in the business of compressing data AT ALL. If we want

+1

IMHO, this is a job for the application. I also think the current
implementation is a little odd in that it only compresses data objects
under a meg.

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Andrew Chernow
eSilo, LLC
every bit counts
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