Re: [HACKERS] type coerce problem with lztext

Bruce Momjian <pgman@candle.pha.pa.us>

From: Bruce Momjian <pgman@candle.pha.pa.us>
To: Jan Wieck <wieck@debis.com>
Cc: PostgreSQL HACKERS <pgsql-hackers@postgreSQL.org>
Date: 2000-02-27T14:50:45Z
Lists: pgsql-hackers
>     Yes, the 3043 bytes long rule action string got stored in 855
>     bytes  in  pg_rewrite.  That's 71.9% compression rate on this
>     attempt!
> 
>     There are functions text(lztext) and  lztext(text)  too,  but
>     the  system  is  unable  to  find an operator if one compares
>     text=lztext in a query. IIRC, creating a  function  named  as
>     the target type and taking the source type is what made auto-
>     type-conversion work - so what am I missing here?

Added to Features:

	New lztext data type for compressed text fields
	Larger views/rules supported

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