TOAST not working

Hi,

I wonder if anyone can help.

I have a VERY wide table and rows. There are over 800 columns of type:
numeric(11,2)

I can create the table no problem, but when I go to fill out a full row
with data, I get the message about reaching the 8k limit.

Can someone tell me if I have to 'enable' TOAST on columns to have  it
kick in. According to my research, numeric data types are toastable.

I'd appreciate if anyone can give me lit1e.

Thanks

PS. I'm running Postgres v8.0x