COMPRESS
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Syntax
COMPRESS(string_to_compress)
Description
Compresses a string and returns the result as a binary string. This
function requires MariaDB to have been compiled with a compression
library such as zlib. Otherwise, the return value is always NULL
. The
compressed string can be uncompressed with UNCOMPRESS()
.
The have_compress server system variable indicates whether a compression library is present.
Examples
SELECT LENGTH(COMPRESS(REPEAT('a',1000))); +------------------------------------+ | LENGTH(COMPRESS(REPEAT('a',1000))) | +------------------------------------+ | 21 | +------------------------------------+ SELECT LENGTH(COMPRESS('')); +----------------------+ | LENGTH(COMPRESS('')) | +----------------------+ | 0 | +----------------------+ SELECT LENGTH(COMPRESS('a')); +-----------------------+ | LENGTH(COMPRESS('a')) | +-----------------------+ | 13 | +-----------------------+ SELECT LENGTH(COMPRESS(REPEAT('a',16))); +----------------------------------+ | LENGTH(COMPRESS(REPEAT('a',16))) | +----------------------------------+ | 15 | +----------------------------------+
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