Re: tsearch2 column update produces "word too

Markus,

thanks for your analyses ! I think we'll submit a patch to throw NOTICE
and skip these useless words from indexing.

Oleg
On Mon, 24 Nov 2003, Markus Wollny wrote:

> Hi!
>
> Now I really couldn't code C to save my life, but I managed to elicit
> some more debugging info. It's still dumb-user-interaction as suspected,
> but this is an issue I have to take into account as a basis; here's the
> "patch" for ts_cfg.c:
>
> if (lenlemm >= MAXSTRLEN)
> ereport(ERROR,
> (errcode(ERRCODE_SYNTAX_ERROR),
> ! errmsg("word is too long(%d):
> %s",lenlemm,lemm)));
>
> Now when I try
>
> UPDATE ct_com_board_message
> SET ftindex=to_tsvector('default',coalesce(user_login,'') ||'
> '|| coalesce(title,'') ||' '|| coalesce(text,''));
>
> I eventually get:
>
> ERROR: word is too long(2724):
> jajajajajajajajajajajajajajajajajajajajajajajajajajajajajajajajajajajaja
> jajajajajajajajajajajajajajajajajajajajajajajajajajajajajajajajajajajaja
> jajajajajajajajajajajajajajajajajajajajajajajajajajajajajajajajajajajaja
> jajajajajajjajajajajajajajajajajajajajajajajajajajajajajajajajajajajajaj
> ajajajajajajajajajajajajajajajajajajajajajajajajajajajajajajajajajajajaj
> ajajajajajajajajajajajajajajajajajajajajajajajajajajajajajajajajajajajaj
> ajajajajajajajajajajajjajajajajajajajajajajajajajajajajajajajajajajajaja
> jajajajajajajajajajajajajajajajajajajajajajajajajajajajajajajajajajajaja
> jajajajajajajajajajajajajajajajajajajajajajajajajajajajajajajajajajajaja
> jajajajajajajajajajajajajajajajajjajajajajajajajajajajajajajajajajajajaj
> ajajajajajajajajajajajajajajajajajajajajajajajajajajajajajajajajajajajaj
> ajajajajajajajajajajajajajajajajajajajajajajajajajajajajajajajajajajajaj
> ajajajajajajajajajajajajajajajajajajajajajajjajajajajajajajajajajajajaja
> jajajajajajajajajajajajajajajajajajajajajajajajajajajajajajajajajajajaja
> jajajajajajajajajajajajajajajajajajajajajajajajajajajajajajajajajajajaja
> jajajajajajajajajajajajajajajajajajajajajajajajajajajajjajajajajajajajaj
> ajajajajajajajajajajajajajajajajajajajajajajajajajajajajajajajajajajajaj
> ajajajajajajajajajajajajajajajajajajajajajajajajajajajajajajajajajajajaj
> ajajajajajajajajajajajajajajajajajajajajajajajajajajajajajajajajajjajaja
> jajajajajajajajajajajajajajajajajajajajajajajajajajajajajajajajajajajaja
> jajajajajajajajajajajajajajajajajajajajajajajajajajajajajajajajajajajaja
> jajajajajajajajajajajajajajajajajajajajajajajajajajajajajajajajajajajaja
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> ajajajajajajajajajajajajajajajajajajajajajajajajajajajajajajajajajajajaj
> ajajajajajajajajajajajajajajajajajajajajajajajajajajajajajajajajajajajaj
> ajajajajajajajajjajajajajajajajajajajajajajajajajajajajajajajajajajajaja
> jajajajajajajajajajajajajajajajajajajajajajajajajajajajajajajajajajajaja
> jajajajajajajajajajajajajajajajajajajajajajajajajajajajajajajajajajajaja
> jajajajajajajajajajajajajajjajajajajajajajajajajajajajajajajajajajajajaj
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> ajajajajajajajajajajajajajajajajajajajajajajajajajajajajajajajajajajajaj
> ajajajajajajajajajajajajajajajajajajajjajajajajajajajajajajajajajajajaja
> jajajajajajajajajajajajajajajajajajajajajajajajajajajajajajajajajajajaja
> jajajajajajajajajajajajajajajajajajajajajajajajajajajajajajajajajajajaja
> jajajajajajajajajajajajajajajajajajajajajajajajajjajajajajajajajajajajaj
> ajajajajajajajajajajajajajajajajajajajajajajajajajajajajajajajajajajajaj
> ajajajajajajajajajajajajajajajajajajajajajajajajajajajajajajajajajajajaj
> ajajajajajajajajajajajajajajajajajajajajajajajajajajajajajaj
>
> This is a brightly shining example of utterly wanton user-stupidity, I
> think: A 2k+ string of |:ja:|. Input like that cannot be helped, though
> - if he'd been a bit more imaginative, he could have used a few dozen
> "Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch" in a row or
> anything else; unfortunately there's no app that could automatically
> whack a user if he's doing something stupid.
>
> But on the other hand I cannot think of any reason why crap like that
> should be indexed in the first place. Therefore I would like to see some
> sort of option allowing me to still use tsearch2 but actually
> automatically excluding anything exceeding MAXSTRLEN - so the UPDATE
> might throw a NOTICE (if anything at all) but still get on with the
> rest.
>
> An alteration like that does however exceed my limited abilities with C
> by far and I don't want to mess with something I do not fully understand
> and then use that mess in a production environment. Is there a way to
> get around this problem with oversized words?
>
> Kind regards
>
> Markus
>
>
> > -----UrsprЭngliche Nachricht-----
> > Von: Oleg Bartunov [mailto:oleg(at)sai(dot)msu(dot)su]
> > Gesendet: Freitag, 21. November 2003 15:13
> > An: Markus Wollny
> > Cc: pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org
> > Betreff: Re: AW: [GENERAL] tsearch2 column update produces "word too
> > long"error
> >
> >
> > On Fri, 21 Nov 2003, Markus Wollny wrote:
> >
> > > Hello!
> > >
> > > > Von: Oleg Bartunov [mailto:oleg(at)sai(dot)msu(dot)su]
> > > > Gesendet: Freitag, 21. November 2003 13:06
> > > > An: Markus Wollny
> > > > Cc: pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org
> > > >
> > > > Word length is limited by 2K. What's exactly the word
> > > > tsearch2 complained on ?
> > > > 'Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch'
> > > > is fine :)
> > >
> > > This was a silly example, I know - it is a long word, but
> > not too long
> > > to worry a machine. The offending word will surely be much
> > longer, but
> > > as a matter of fact, I cannot think of any user actually
> > typing a 2k+
> > > string without any spaces in between. I'm not sure on which word
> > > tsearch2 complained, it doesn't tell and even logging did
> > not provide me
> > > with any more detail:
> > >
> > > 2003-11-21 14:06:44 [26497] ERROR: 42601: word is too long
> > > LOCATION: parsetext_v2, ts_cfg.c:294
> > > STATEMENT: UPDATE ct_com_board_message
> > > SET
> > > ftindex=to_tsvector('default',coalesce(user_login,'') ||' '||
> > > coalesce(title,'') ||' '|| coalesce(text,''));
> > >
> > > Is there some way to find the exact position?
> >
> > I'm afraid you need to hack ts_cfg.c:294 yourself to print the word
> > which's bugging you :)
> >
> > >
> > > > btw, don't forget to configure properly dictionaries, so you
> > > > don't have a lot of unique words.
> > >
> > > I won't forget that; I justed wanted to run a quick-off first test
> > > before diving deeper into Ispell and other issues which are
> > as yet a bit
> > > of a mystery to me.
> > >
> > > Kind Regards
> > >
> > > Markus
> > >
> >
> > Regards,
> > Oleg
> > _____________________________________________________________
> > Oleg Bartunov, sci.researcher, hostmaster of AstroNet,
> > Sternberg Astronomical Institute, Moscow University (Russia)
> > Internet: oleg(at)sai(dot)msu(dot)su, http://www.sai.msu.su/~megera/
> > phone: +007(095)939-16-83, +007(095)939-23-83
> >
>

Regards,
Oleg
_____________________________________________________________
Oleg Bartunov, sci.researcher, hostmaster of AstroNet,
Sternberg Astronomical Institute, Moscow University (Russia)
Internet: oleg(at)sai(dot)msu(dot)su, http://www.sai.msu.su/~megera/
phone: +007(095)939-16-83, +007(095)939-23-83