Re: Re: [SQL] Re: [GENERAL] lztext and compression ratios...

eisentrp@csis.gvsu.edu wrote:
> Maybe you just want to use zlib. Let other guys hammer out the details.
>
   We  cannot  assume that zlib is available everywhere. Thus it   must be determined during configure and where it
isn't,TOAST   can  only  move  off  values  to make tuples fit into blocks.   Since decompression of already in memory
itemsis alot faster   than doing an index scan on the TOAST table, I expect this to   make installations without zlib
damnedslow.
 
   And how should binary distributions like RPM's handle  it?  I   assume  that  this  problem is already on it's way
becauseof   the integration of zlib into pg_dump. The only way I  see  is   having  different  RPM's  for  each
possible combination of   available helper libs.  Or  is  there  another  way  to  work   around?
 


Jan

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