decompress_chunk()

If you need to modify or add data to a chunk that has already been compressed, you need to decompress the chunk first. This is especially useful for backfilling old data.

note

Before decompressing chunks, stop any compression policy on the hypertable you are decompressing. When you finish backfilling or updating data, turn the policy back on. The database automatically recompresses your chunks in the next scheduled job.

Required arguments

Optional arguments

Sample usage

Decompress a single chunk:

SELECT decompress_chunk('_timescaledb_internal._hyper_2_2_chunk');

Decompress all compressed chunks in a hypertable named metrics:

SELECT decompress_chunk(c, true) FROM show_chunks('metrics') c;