Re: SQL/MED - file_fdw

From: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: Thom Brown <thom(at)linux(dot)com>
Cc: Shigeru HANADA <hanada(at)metrosystems(dot)co(dot)jp>, pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: SQL/MED - file_fdw
Date: 2011-02-21 16:36:52
Message-ID: 15159.1298306212@sss.pgh.pa.us
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Thom Brown <thom(at)linux(dot)com> writes:
> Is this right?
> postgres=# \d+ agg_text
> Foreign table "public.agg_text"
> Column | Type | Modifiers | Storage | Description
> --------+----------+-----------+----------+-------------
> a | smallint | | plain |
> b | text | | extended |
> Server: file_server
> Has OIDs: no

> It says the agg_text foreign table is using extended storage for the
> text field. If it's in-file, how can it be classified as potentially
> TOASTed?

It's meaningless, but I don't think it's worth trying to suppress the
meaningless column(s) ...

regards, tom lane

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