Re: [HACKERS] Arbitrary tuple size

From: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: jwieck(at)debis(dot)com (Jan Wieck)
Cc: maillist(at)candle(dot)pha(dot)pa(dot)us (Bruce Momjian), pgsql-hackers(at)postgreSQL(dot)org
Subject: Re: [HACKERS] Arbitrary tuple size
Date: 1999-07-08 17:33:06
Message-ID: 29736.931455186@sss.pgh.pa.us
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wieck(at)debis(dot)com (Jan Wieck) writes:
> Bruce Momjian wrote:
>> I agree this is the way to go. There is nothing I can think of that is
>> limited to how large a tuple can be.

> Outch - I can.

> Having an index on a varlen field that now doesn't fit any
> more into an index block. Wouldn't this cause problems?

Aren't index tuples still tuples? Can't they be split just like
regular tuples?

regards, tom lane

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