Re: array size exceeds the maximum allowed (1073741823) when building a json

From: Nicolas Paris <niparisco(at)gmail(dot)com>
To: "David G(dot) Johnston" <david(dot)g(dot)johnston(at)gmail(dot)com>
Cc: pgsql-performance <pgsql-performance(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: array size exceeds the maximum allowed (1073741823) when building a json
Date: 2016-06-07 12:36:46
Message-ID: CA+ssMOT04Wg+OGfSc5AUk8nVQOxkVS6=CD-h7bH-pAH-ix50cw@mail.gmail.com
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2016-06-07 14:31 GMT+02:00 David G. Johnston <david(dot)g(dot)johnston(at)gmail(dot)com>:

> On Tue, Jun 7, 2016 at 7:44 AM, Nicolas Paris <niparisco(at)gmail(dot)com> wrote:
>
>> Hello,
>>
>> I run a query transforming huge tables to a json document based on a period.
>> It works great for a modest period (little dataset).
>> However, when increasing the period (huge dataset) I get this error:
>>
>> SQL ERROR[54000]
>> ERROR: array size exceeds the maximum allowed (1073741823)
>>
>> ​https://www.postgresql.org/about/​
>
> ​Maximum Field Size: 1 GB​
>

It means a json cannot exceed 1GB in postgresql, right ?
Then I must build it with an external tool ?

>
> ​It doesn't matter that the data never actually is placed into a physical
> table.
>
> David J.
>
>

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