AW: [HACKERS] Error "vacuum pg_proc"

From: Zeugswetter Andreas SB <ZeugswetterA(at)wien(dot)spardat(dot)at>
To: "'Bruce Momjian'" <pgman(at)candle(dot)pha(dot)pa(dot)us>
Cc: "'pgsql-hackers(at)postgreSQL(dot)org'" <pgsql-hackers(at)postgreSQL(dot)org>
Subject: AW: [HACKERS] Error "vacuum pg_proc"
Date: 1999-12-27 09:40:51
Message-ID: 219F68D65015D011A8E000006F8590C603FDC1E0@sdexcsrv1.f000.d0188.sd.spardat.at
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> > It turns out that for an index on a single text column, the maximum
> > safe text length is 2700 bytes. So the correct check for dangerous
> > procedure definitions in 6.5.* is
>
> This is another argument to try and get long tuples into 7.0.

The limit of 2700 is btree specific, and imho a more than actually
reasonable limit for a btree key.
Anybody wanting an index on a larger key would usually be
better off with different indexing methods, like a functional
btree, hash, or text index.

Andreas

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