Look up myisampack in the mysql manual at http://www.mysql.com/doc/. The
only drawback is you can't modify the table.
> I have a table that has massive amounts of text. Just plain text, stuff
> that would compress REALLY well. Does mysql have any sort of compression
> internally for the table data that it stores? A simple gzip wouldn't add
> too much overhead to the system, and you could still have
> clear-text indexes.
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