Index row maximum size and crash

Hi,

I try to create an index on character varying(64) column but PostgreSQL
complains that the index row size reaches the maximum limit:

CREATE INDEX IDX_GSLOG_EVENT_ARCHIVE_GAME_CLIENT_VERSION
ON GSLOG_EVENT_ARCHIVE(GAME_CLIENT_VERSION);
ERROR: index row requires 198468548 bytes, maximum size is 8191

I was curious to know the maximum length I have for this column:

select max(game_client_version) from gslog_event_archive;
server closed the connection unexpectedly
This probably means the server terminated abnormally
before or while processing the request.
The connection to the server was lost. Attempting reset: Failed.

The server crashes again! Sniff! :-( Seems that the database is
corrupted somewhere, no?

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Daniel CAUNE
Ubisoft Online Technology
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