\set HIDE_TOAST_COMPRESSION false -- ensure we get stable results regardless of installation's default SET default_toast_compression = 'pglz'; -- test creating table with compression method CREATE TABLE cmdata(f1 text COMPRESSION pglz); CREATE INDEX idx ON cmdata(f1); INSERT INTO cmdata VALUES(repeat('1234567890', 1000)); \d+ cmdata CREATE TABLE cmdata1(f1 TEXT COMPRESSION lz4); INSERT INTO cmdata1 VALUES(repeat('1234567890', 1004)); \d+ cmdata1 -- verify stored compression method in the data SELECT pg_column_compression(f1) FROM cmdata; SELECT pg_column_compression(f1) FROM cmdata1; -- decompress data slice SELECT SUBSTR(f1, 200, 5) FROM cmdata; SELECT SUBSTR(f1, 2000, 50) FROM cmdata1; -- copy with table creation SELECT * INTO cmmove1 FROM cmdata; \d+ cmmove1 SELECT pg_column_compression(f1) FROM cmmove1; -- copy to existing table CREATE TABLE cmmove3(f1 text COMPRESSION pglz); INSERT INTO cmmove3 SELECT * FROM cmdata; INSERT INTO cmmove3 SELECT * FROM cmdata1; SELECT pg_column_compression(f1) FROM cmmove3; -- test LIKE INCLUDING COMPRESSION CREATE TABLE cmdata2 (LIKE cmdata1 INCLUDING COMPRESSION); \d+ cmdata2 DROP TABLE cmdata2; -- try setting compression for incompressible data type CREATE TABLE cmdata2 (f1 int COMPRESSION pglz); -- update using datum from different table CREATE TABLE cmmove2(f1 text COMPRESSION pglz); INSERT INTO cmmove2 VALUES (repeat('1234567890', 1004)); SELECT pg_column_compression(f1) FROM cmmove2; UPDATE cmmove2 SET f1 = cmdata1.f1 FROM cmdata1; SELECT pg_column_compression(f1) FROM cmmove2; -- test externally stored compressed data CREATE OR REPLACE FUNCTION large_val() RETURNS TEXT LANGUAGE SQL AS 'select array_agg(fipshash(g::text))::text from generate_series(1, 256) g'; CREATE TABLE cmdata2 (f1 text COMPRESSION pglz); INSERT INTO cmdata2 SELECT large_val() || repeat('a', 4000); SELECT pg_column_compression(f1) FROM cmdata2; INSERT INTO cmdata1 SELECT large_val() || repeat('a', 4000); SELECT pg_column_compression(f1) FROM cmdata1; SELECT SUBSTR(f1, 200, 5) FROM cmdata1; SELECT SUBSTR(f1, 200, 5) FROM cmdata2; DROP TABLE cmdata2; --test column type update varlena/non-varlena CREATE TABLE cmdata2 (f1 int); \d+ cmdata2 ALTER TABLE cmdata2 ALTER COLUMN f1 TYPE varchar; \d+ cmdata2 ALTER TABLE cmdata2 ALTER COLUMN f1 TYPE int USING f1::integer; \d+ cmdata2 --changing column storage should not impact the compression method --but the data should not be compressed ALTER TABLE cmdata2 ALTER COLUMN f1 TYPE varchar; ALTER TABLE cmdata2 ALTER COLUMN f1 SET COMPRESSION pglz; \d+ cmdata2 ALTER TABLE cmdata2 ALTER COLUMN f1 SET STORAGE plain; \d+ cmdata2 INSERT INTO cmdata2 VALUES (repeat('123456789', 800)); SELECT pg_column_compression(f1) FROM cmdata2; -- test compression with materialized view CREATE MATERIALIZED VIEW compressmv(x) AS SELECT * FROM cmdata1; \d+ compressmv SELECT pg_column_compression(f1) FROM cmdata1; SELECT pg_column_compression(x) FROM compressmv; -- test compression with partition CREATE TABLE cmpart(f1 text COMPRESSION lz4) PARTITION BY HASH(f1); CREATE TABLE cmpart1 PARTITION OF cmpart FOR VALUES WITH (MODULUS 2, REMAINDER 0); CREATE TABLE cmpart2(f1 text COMPRESSION pglz); ALTER TABLE cmpart ATTACH PARTITION cmpart2 FOR VALUES WITH (MODULUS 2, REMAINDER 1); INSERT INTO cmpart VALUES (repeat('123456789', 1004)); INSERT INTO cmpart VALUES (repeat('123456789', 4004)); SELECT pg_column_compression(f1) FROM cmpart1; SELECT pg_column_compression(f1) FROM cmpart2; -- test compression with inheritance CREATE TABLE cminh() INHERITS(cmdata, cmdata1); -- error CREATE TABLE cminh(f1 TEXT COMPRESSION lz4) INHERITS(cmdata); -- error CREATE TABLE cmdata3(f1 text); CREATE TABLE cminh() INHERITS (cmdata, cmdata3); -- test default_toast_compression GUC SET default_toast_compression = ''; SET default_toast_compression = 'I do not exist compression'; SET default_toast_compression = 'lz4'; SET default_toast_compression = 'pglz'; -- test alter compression method ALTER TABLE cmdata ALTER COLUMN f1 SET COMPRESSION lz4; INSERT INTO cmdata VALUES (repeat('123456789', 4004)); \d+ cmdata SELECT pg_column_compression(f1) FROM cmdata; ALTER TABLE cmdata2 ALTER COLUMN f1 SET COMPRESSION default; \d+ cmdata2 -- test alter compression method for materialized views ALTER MATERIALIZED VIEW compressmv ALTER COLUMN x SET COMPRESSION lz4; \d+ compressmv -- test alter compression method for partitioned tables ALTER TABLE cmpart1 ALTER COLUMN f1 SET COMPRESSION pglz; ALTER TABLE cmpart2 ALTER COLUMN f1 SET COMPRESSION lz4; -- new data should be compressed with the current compression method INSERT INTO cmpart VALUES (repeat('123456789', 1004)); INSERT INTO cmpart VALUES (repeat('123456789', 4004)); SELECT pg_column_compression(f1) FROM cmpart1; SELECT pg_column_compression(f1) FROM cmpart2; -- VACUUM FULL does not recompress SELECT pg_column_compression(f1) FROM cmdata; VACUUM FULL cmdata; SELECT pg_column_compression(f1) FROM cmdata; -- test expression index DROP TABLE cmdata2; CREATE TABLE cmdata2 (f1 TEXT COMPRESSION pglz, f2 TEXT COMPRESSION lz4); CREATE UNIQUE INDEX idx1 ON cmdata2 ((f1 || f2)); INSERT INTO cmdata2 VALUES((SELECT array_agg(fipshash(g::TEXT))::TEXT FROM generate_series(1, 50) g), VERSION()); -- check data is ok SELECT length(f1) FROM cmdata; SELECT length(f1) FROM cmdata1; SELECT length(f1) FROM cmmove1; SELECT length(f1) FROM cmmove2; SELECT length(f1) FROM cmmove3; CREATE TABLE badcompresstbl (a text COMPRESSION I_Do_Not_Exist_Compression); -- fails CREATE TABLE badcompresstbl (a text); ALTER TABLE badcompresstbl ALTER a SET COMPRESSION I_Do_Not_Exist_Compression; -- fails DROP TABLE badcompresstbl; \set HIDE_TOAST_COMPRESSION true