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Re: Problem with btree index on 7.1.3

Mike Mascari <mascarm@mascari.com>

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From: Mike Mascari <mascarm@mascari.com>
To: Denis Perchine <dyp@perchine.com>
Cc: pgsql-general@postgresql.org
Date: 2002-01-24T12:03:14Z
Lists: pgsql-general 
Denis Perchine wrote:
> 
> Hello,
> 
> on 7.1.3 I get:
> ERROR:  btree: index item size 3028 exceeds maximum 2713
> 
> it seems like known problem, and I have a feeling that it is fixed in 7.2 RC1,
> but does anywhere a patch available for 7.1.3?

I believe the tuple toaster allows for (essentially) unlimited data
size. But I believe index sizes are still limited to around 2K. I could
be wrong, but I don't remember anything to the contrary.

Hope that helps,

Mike Mascari
mascarm@mascari.com