On 2013-01-07 02:21:26 -0800, John R Pierce wrote: > On 1/7/2013 2:05 AM, Andres Freund wrote: > >I think there should be enough bits available in the toast pointer to > >indicate the type of compression. I seem to remember somebody even > >posting a patch to that effect? > >I agree that it's probably too late in the 9.3 cycle to start with this. > > so an upgraded database would have old toasted values in the old compression > format, and new toasted values in the new format in an existing table? > that's kind of ugly.
Well, ISTM thats just life. What you prefer? Converting all toast values during pg_upgrade kinda goes against the aim of quick upgrades. Greetings, Andres Freund -- Andres Freund http://www.2ndQuadrant.com/ PostgreSQL Development, 24x7 Support, Training & Services -- Sent via pgsql-hackers mailing list (pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-hackers
