Re: how to view TOAST table

From: Guillaume Lelarge <guillaume(at)lelarge(dot)info>
To: Abhisekh Mohapatro <abhisekh(dot)m(at)hcl(dot)in>
Cc: "pgadmin-support(at)postgresql(dot)org" <pgadmin-support(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: how to view TOAST table
Date: 2010-02-08 10:35:25
Message-ID: 4B6FE8ED.1030309@lelarge.info
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Hi,

Le 05/02/2010 06:50, Abhisekh Mohapatro a écrit :
> [...]
> I have a table which has a column with datatype BYTEA.
> In order to trigger TOAST mechanism for the column, I have made the following alteration.
>
> ALTER TABLE table_name ALTER COLUMN column_name SET STORAGE EXTERNAL
>

I added a ticket because it seems we can't change the storage
information (http://code.pgadmin.org/trac/ticket/134).

> Please suggest me if I have to make any other changes.
> Also I am unable to view the TOAST table.
>
> Please help me out in viewing the table.
>

Why would you like to "see"/"view" the TOAST table? I don't see the
advantages of this. The TOAST table seems more an implemantation detail.

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