Re: JSONB spaces in text presentation

On 09/24/2014 07:22 AM, Seref Arikan wrote:
> This is interesting. Most binary encoding methods I use produce smaller
> files than the text files for the same content.
> Having read your mail, I've realized that I have no reason to accept the
> same from the jsonb. I did a quick google search to see if it is wrong
> to expect binary encoding to decrease size and saw that I'm not alone
> (which still does not mean I'm being reasonable).
> This project: http://ubjson.org/#size is one of the hits which mentions
> some nice space gains thanks to binary encoding.
>
> The "much larger" part is a bit scary. Is this documented somewhere?

I believe Merlin is referring to the issue in this thread:

http://www.postgresql.org/message-id/27839.1407467863@sss.pgh.pa.us

>
> Best regards
> Seref
>

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