On 11/11/10 9:24 PM, Tom Lane wrote:
> "Mark Mitchell"<mmitchell(at)riccagroup(dot)com>  writes:
>> Is there are hard limit of 1600 that you cannot get around?
> Yes.
>
> Generally, wanting more than a few dozen columns is a good sign that you
> need to rethink your schema design.  What are you trying to accomplish
> exactly?
> 	

indeed.    I'd say a good read on 'data normalization' and the Third 
Normal Form would be in order.

relational databases are *not* spreadsheets (and, for that matter, 
spreadsheets make lousy relational databases)

if these 1600+ elements come from an ORM, you probably need to rethink 
your object model, as no sane object class should have that many members.

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