Re: large text fields

From: Lamar Owen <lamar(dot)owen(at)wgcr(dot)org>
To: Kevin Heflin <kheflin(at)shreve(dot)net>
Cc: psql <pgsql-general(at)postgreSQL(dot)org>
Subject: Re: large text fields
Date: 2000-04-06 20:22:47
Message-ID: 38ECF217.56C9392D@wgcr.org
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Kevin Heflin wrote:
>
> when ever I've dealt with a field that would require more text than 250
> characters, I've always used the 'text' datatype. It appears I've hit an
> example where this won't work. users are trying to insert what amounts to
> about 2 pages worth of text and I'm seeing this error:
>
> PostgresSQL query failed: ERROR: Tuple is too big: size 10000
>
> Are there any other options other than using a BLOB datatype ? which I'm
> completely unfamiliar with.

Recompile with a larger BLKSIZ of 16K or 32K. Or wait on TOAST.

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Lamar Owen
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