# Large value

Most DBMS don't allow a tuple to exceed the size of a single page

To store values that are larger than a page, the DBMS use separate overflow storage pages.

* Postgres: TOAST (>2KB)
* MySql: Overflow (> 1/2 size of page)
* SQL server: Overflow (>size of page)

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