I notice that by default, postgres sets numeric fields to
storage MAIN. What exactly does that mean? Does that mean
it stores it in some type of compressed BCD format? If so,
how much performance gain can I expect by setting the storage
to PLAIN? Also, the docs say that char(n) is implemented
Dave Held [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
I notice that by default, postgres sets numeric fields to
storage MAIN. What exactly does that mean?
See http://developer.postgresql.org/docs/postgres/storage-toast.html
There isn't any amazingly strong reason why numeric defaults to MAIN
rather than
