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Re: size of pg_dump files containing bytea values


  • From: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
  • To: "Steve McWilliams" <smcwilliams(at)EmprisaNetworks(dot)com>
  • Cc: pgsql-performance(at)postgresql(dot)org
  • Subject: Re: size of pg_dump files containing bytea values
  • Date: Wed, 12 Jul 2006 22:53:25 -0400
  • Message-id: <1820.1152759205@sss.pgh.pa.us> <text/plain>

"Steve McWilliams" <smcwilliams(at)EmprisaNetworks(dot)com> writes:
> I notice that non-printables in bytea values are being spit out by pg_dump
> using escaped octet sequences even when the "-Fc" option is present
> specifying use of the custom binary output format rather than plain text
> format.  This bloats the size of bytea values in the dump file by a factor
> of 3+ typically.

No, because the subsequent compression step should buy back most of
that.

			regards, tom lane



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