Re: btree index maximum row size

From: Peter Geoghegan <pg(at)bowt(dot)ie>
To: Bruce Momjian <bruce(at)momjian(dot)us>
Cc: davidmaxwell(at)gmail(dot)com, Pg Docs <pgsql-docs(at)lists(dot)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: btree index maximum row size
Date: 2020-03-13 00:56:53
Message-ID: CAH2-Wzkc35+zckGM+dsFdB8T8LcjU8kZV4qes4AtqNeJ53YRFA@mail.gmail.com
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On Thu, Mar 12, 2020 at 5:17 PM Bruce Momjian <bruce(at)momjian(dot)us> wrote:
> Sorry for the delay in replying. We do get questions about the btree
> length limit occasionally, but practically the length limit usually
> isn't a problem.

Technically the limitation is documented elsewhere, since it is a
limitation of the B-Tree access method specifically. However, I think
that there is a good practical argument to be made for including it
here as well.

--
Peter Geoghegan

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