Re: [INTERFACES] psql ERROR : Character Types Tuple is too big: size xxxxx

From: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
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Subject: Re: [INTERFACES] psql ERROR : Character Types Tuple is too big: size xxxxx
Date: 2000-01-14 15:34:14
Message-ID: 29531.947864054@sss.pgh.pa.us
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Compte utilisateur Sultan-advl <webmaster(at)advl(dot)org> writes:
> newkiwi=> insert into localisation values ('999', 'ee', 'ff', '999', 'gg',
> 'hh', 'ii', 'jj', '999');
> ERROR: Tuple is too big: size 12356
> newkiwi=> \d localisation
> Table = localisation
> +----------------------------------+----------------------------------+-------+
> | Field | Type | Length|
> +----------------------------------+----------------------------------+-------+
> | id_loc | int4 not null | 4 |
> | voie_loc | char() | 2048 |
> | codebat_loc | char() | 2048 |
> | idplan_loc | int4 | 4 |
> | xplan_loc | char() | 2048 |
> | yplan_loc | char() | 2048 |
> | acces_loc | char() | 2048 |
> | accesen_loc | char() | 2048 |
> | id_ville_loc | int4 | 4 |
> +----------------------------------+----------------------------------+-------+

Well, you've got six fixed-size 2K fields, which are going to take up
12K all by themselves, plus there's a few dozen bytes of overhead.

I'd suggest using varchar or text instead of char --- do you really
need 12K of blank-padding in every record?

regards, tom lane

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