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The <replaceable class="parameter">storage</replaceable> keyword
- allows selection of The Oversized-Attribute Storage Technique (TOAST) for variable-length data types
+ allows selection of TOAST for variable-length data types
(only <literal>plain</literal> is allowed for fixed-length types).
<literal>plain</literal> disables TOAST for the data type: it will always
be stored in-line and not compressed.