Re: Index row requires 9324 bytes maximum size is 8191

Hello

2009/9/18 solAris23 <vikas(dot)kumar(at)dolcera(dot)com>:
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>
> Hello,
>
> I am trying to index a field in my database of size about 16K rows, but i m
> getting this error.
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> " Index row requires 9324 bytes maximum size is 8191  "
>
> Can anyone please guide me how to remove this error....
>
> Also, average time to search for a query in a table is taking about 15
> seconds. I have done indexing but the time is not reducing.....
> Is there any way to reduce the time to less than 1 sec ???
> The type of indexing which I am performing on the field is btree... My field
> contains large text. Is there any more suitable indexing type ??
>

you can use hashing functions

http://www.postgres.cz/index.php/PostgreSQL_SQL_Tricks#Using_hash_functions_for_ensuring_uniqueness_of_texts

regards
Pavel Stehule

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