Re: copy ... from stdin csv; and bytea

Tom Lane wrote:
> Klint Gore <kgore4@une.edu.au> writes:
> > David Wilson wrote:
> >> I'm not certain how to check the actual byte width of a column within a
> >> row,
>
> > select length(bytea_field) from table
>
> If you want the actual on-disk footprint, use pg_column_size()
>
>
Size on disk would have the compression from the default storage =
extended wouldn't it?

I verified it for myself manually anyway.

copy (select * from original limit 5) to stdout with csv;

create table foo (like original);
alter table foo alter column bytea_field set storage external;
copy foo from stdin with csv;

select |reltoastrelid from pg_class where relanem = 'original'

found the file for it and looked at it with a hex viewer.
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klint.

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