Re: [HACKERS] Arbitrary tuple size

Done. Thanks.

> >
> >I knew there had to be a reason that some tests where BLCKSZ/2 and some
> >BLCKSZ.
> >
> >Added to TODO:
> >
> > * Allow index on tuple greater than 1/2 block size
> >
> >Seems we have to allow columns over 1/2 block size for now. Most people
> >wouln't index on them.
>
>
> Since an index header page has to point to at least 2 other leaf or
> header pages, it stores at least 2 keys per page.
>
> I would alter the todo to say:
>
> * fix btree to give a useful elog when key > 1/2 (page - overhead) and not
> abort
>
> to fix the:
> >
> > FATAL 1: btree: failed to add item to the page
> >
>
> A key of more than 4k will want a more efficient index type than btree
> for such data anyway.
>
> Andreas
>
>
>

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