Re: jsonb format is pessimal for toast compression

From: Bruce Momjian <bruce(at)momjian(dot)us>
To: Stephen Frost <sfrost(at)snowman(dot)net>
Cc: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>, pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org, Larry White <ljw1001(at)gmail(dot)com>
Subject: Re: jsonb format is pessimal for toast compression
Date: 2014-08-09 02:47:37
Message-ID: 20140809024737.GA7028@momjian.us
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On Fri, Aug 8, 2014 at 08:25:04PM -0400, Stephen Frost wrote:
> * Bruce Momjian (bruce(at)momjian(dot)us) wrote:
> > On Fri, Aug 8, 2014 at 11:02:26AM -0400, Tom Lane wrote:
> > > 2. Are we going to ship 9.4 without fixing this? I definitely don't see
> > > replacing pg_lzcompress as being on the agenda for 9.4, whereas changing
> > > jsonb is still within the bounds of reason.
> >
> > FYI, pg_upgrade could be taught to refuse to upgrade from earlier 9.4
> > betas and report the problem JSONB columns.
>
> That is *not* a good solution..

If you change the JSONB binary format, and we can't read the old format,
that is the only option.

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