Re: PostgreSQL Limits: maximum number of columns in SELECT result

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> On Tue, 31 May 2022 at 09:56, Amul Sul <sulamul@gmail.com> wrote:
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>> On Tue, May 31, 2022 at 12:46 PM Vladimir Sitnikov
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>> > Hi,
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>> > Today I hit "ERROR: target lists can have at most 1664 entries", and I
>> was surprised the limit was not documented.
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>> > I suggest that the limit of "1664 columns per tuple" (or whatever is
>> the right term) should be added
>> > to the list at https://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/limits.html
>> e.g. after "columns per table".
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>> Rather, I think the "columns per table" limit needs to be updated to 1664.
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> Actually that is correct. Columns per table is MaxHeapAttributeNumber
> which is 1600.
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> MaxTupleAttributeNumber  is 1664  and is the limit of user columns in a
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> Dave
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Attached is a patch to limits.sgml. I'm not sure this is where it belongs,
as it's not a physical limit per-se but I am not familiar enough with the
docs to propose another location.

Note this was suggested by Vladimir.

see attached