Re: tsearch2: Error: Word is too long

On Wed, 6 Aug 2003 psql-mail(at)freeuk(dot)com wrote:

> Bad form to reply to my own posting i know but -
>
> I notice that the integer dictionary can accept MAXLEN for the longest
> number that is considered a valid integer. Can i set MAXLEN for the en
> dictionary to be the longest word i want indexed?
>
> I think i'd need to create a new dictionary...?

You're right. This is what I want to recommend you.

>
> > I tried to index my data with tsearch2 but I get the following error:
>
> >
> > Error: Word is too long
> >
> > I have looked through the docs and googled for "Word is too long" +
> > tsearch2 with no luck - so i hope i haven't missed something obvious.
>
> >
> > The problem is due to binary encodings in the data, base64 etc.
> >
> > Can i supply a max word length somewhere?
> > and how can I find out what the max limit is?
> >
> > Thanks!
> >
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Regards,
Oleg
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