Stef <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I saw that the default storage type for text columns is > "EXTENDED" which, according to the documentation, uses up extra > space to make possible substring functioning faster.
You misread it. EXTENDED does compression by default on long strings. EXTERNAL is the one that suppresses compression. regards, tom lane ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 4: Have you searched our list archives? http://archives.postgresql.org