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I mean, they do: [1]. It's an extension, true, probably because they don't want to force zlib as a dependency. Still, very straightforward to build with and use
by OskarS 5y ago
I mean, they do: [1]. It's an extension, true, probably because they don't want to force zlib as a dependency. Still, very straightforward to build with and use, and as you can see from the code, not hard to implement either.
[1]: https://sqlite.org/src/file?name=ext/misc/compress.c https://sqlite.org/src/file?name=ext/misc/compress.c
- kevinmgranger 5y agoCompression at the _database_ level would be more useful. If you have a large text dataset but need to use the Full Text Search feature, I don't think you can compress the index.
- noxer 5y agoIt exists, but its not build in and not free. See my comment https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=28670543 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=28670543