Re: update on TOAST status'

From: Philip Warner <pjw(at)rhyme(dot)com(dot)au>
To: Jan Wieck <JanWieck(at)Yahoo(dot)com>, PostgreSQL HACKERS <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: update on TOAST status'
Date: 2000-07-11 13:27:32
Message-ID: 3.0.5.32.20000711232732.02881100@mail.rhyme.com.au
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At 15:08 11/07/00 +0200, Jan Wieck wrote:
>
> The atttypmod field on NUMERIC columns for example doesn't
> tell the easy way how big the internal representation might
> grow. And what about variable size user defined types that
> are marked toastable? Can you estimate the maximum internal
> storage size for them?
>

Well, uncompressed size would be a good upper estimate, since you may be
passed already compressed data...

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