Re: Max column number.

From: Miguel Angel Conte <diafano(at)gmail(dot)com>
To: Kevin Crain <kevin(dot)crain1(at)gmail(dot)com>
Cc: pgsql-sql(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: Max column number.
Date: 2011-07-13 18:03:45
Message-ID: CAB+MjFPnBPWW8=6dtDs3gGM1M2NOieOWzj+M5Nt94C3Tx153XA@mail.gmail.com
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I have the metadata in the same csv.

On Wed, Jul 13, 2011 at 3:00 PM, Kevin Crain <kevin(dot)crain1(at)gmail(dot)com> wrote:

> How are you determining the data types for these columns?
>
> On Wed, Jul 13, 2011 at 8:45 AM, Miguel Angel Conte <diafano(at)gmail(dot)com>
> wrote:
> > Hi,
> > Thanks for your interest. This app load scv files which change every day
> > (sometimes the columns too). The sizes of these files are in avg 15MB.
> So,
> > We load something like 100MB each day. We tried to find a better solution
> > but we couldn't, becouse one of the our requirement is not to use a lot
> of
> > space. Also, the app is used to consult these information, and for our
> > particular type of select's queries, we get the best performance if the
> > information is all into a same row.
> >
> > On Wed, Jul 13, 2011 at 3:28 AM, Kevin Crain <kevin(dot)crain1(at)gmail(dot)com>
> wrote:
> >>
> >> I still can't imagine why you'd ever need this...could you explain
> >> what this does? I'm just curious now....
> >>
> >> On Tue, Jul 12, 2011 at 10:55 PM, Kevin Crain <kevin(dot)crain1(at)gmail(dot)com>
> >> wrote:
> >> > This is an unfortunate situation, you shouldn't be required to do
> >> > this, the people generating your requirements need to be more
> >> > informed. I would make damn sure you notify the stakeholders in this
> >> > project that the data model is screwed and needs a redesign. I agree
> >> > that you should split this table and do a join if you have no option
> >> > of redesigning this.
> >> >
> >> > On Tue, Jul 12, 2011 at 4:29 PM, Miguel Angel Conte <
> diafano(at)gmail(dot)com>
> >> > wrote:
> >> >> Yes, sure. I mean, I can't change the whole process which creates
> >> >> columns
> >> >> dynamically.
> >> >>
> >> >> On Tue, Jul 12, 2011 at 6:12 PM, Reinoud van Leeuwen
> >> >> <reinoud(dot)v(at)n(dot)leeuwen(dot)net> wrote:
> >> >>>
> >> >>> On Tue, Jul 12, 2011 at 03:08:36PM -0300, Miguel Angel Conte wrote:
> >> >>> > Unfortunately It's an inherited data model and I can't make any
> >> >>> > change
> >> >>> > for
> >> >>> > now...
> >> >>>
> >> >>> but by adding columns you *are* making changes to it...
> >> >>>
> >> >>> Reinoud
> >> >>> --
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