Re: Modifying TOAST thresholds

Tom,

On 4/3/07 7:15 AM, "Tom Lane" <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us> wrote:

> BTW, it strikes me that a GUC variable is quite the wrong way to go
> about this. The right way is a table storage parameter, a la FILLFACTOR,
> so that it can be set on a per-table basis. That would also give us a
> chance to fix my concern about needs_toast_table: the case where we
> might need a toast table that we didn't need before is where the toast
> threshold is lowered via ALTER TABLE SET, and we could reasonably make
> that command recheck the situation.

This also seems to also support further development along the vertical
partitioning path. Any thought on support of per-column TOAST tables?

- Luke