# LZO data compression

**URL:** <https://forum.kx.com/t/lzo-data-compression/8420>\
**Category:** Community Support\
**Tags:** kdb-and-q\
**Created:** [October 8, 2013, 8:14pm UTC](https://forum.kx.com/t/lzo-data-compression/8420 "2013-10-08T20:14:00Z")\
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**Author:** ![prashant1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/bc8723/32.png) [@prashant1](https://forum.kx.com/u/prashant1)\
**Post date:** [October 8, 2013, 8:14pm UTC](https://forum.kx.com/t/lzo-data-compression/8420/1 "2013-10-08T20:14:00Z")

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HI group,

Have any one used LZO method to decompress data ? Can I use it from kdb+?

Thanks a lot