Mike --
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>Is PG compressing this data? I'm curious as I was considering
>converting this column to a byte array and gzip'ing the data to save
>space, however if PG is already doing this for me, then I'm not going
>to bother. Thanks!
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>Mike
It may vary from version of postgres to version, but perhaps you are seeing the effects of TOAST kicking in ? Do a search in the documentation for your specific version (8.3, 9.1 etc.)
HTH,
Greg Williamson