Re: How To Store Large Text Strings

From: Bartosz Dmytrak <bdmytrak(at)eranet(dot)pl>
To: Frank Bax <fbax(at)sympatico(dot)ca>
Cc: PostgreSQL List - Novice <pgsql-novice(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: How To Store Large Text Strings
Date: 2012-03-09 08:02:27
Message-ID: CAD8_UcZOkXz1vUy5LZupc8r6jUHn=_AKxOOVSHik=T7jmN-jCA@mail.gmail.com
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Hi,
It is not really unlimited (max 1GB):

*Limit* *Value*Maximum Database SizeUnlimitedMaximum Table Size32 TBMaximum
Row Size 1.6 TB*Maximum Field Size**1 GB*Maximum Rows per TableUnlimitedMaximum
Columns per Table250 - 1600 depending on column types Maximum Indexes per
TableUnlimited
http://www.postgresql.org/about/

Regards,
Bartek

2012/3/9 Frank Bax <fbax(at)sympatico(dot)ca>

> On 03/08/12 17:24, Jude Lucien wrote:
>
>> What is the best way to store possible multiple-paragraph-sized strings
>> of text?
>>
>> I had thought of just storing the hash but there is no guarentee that
>> the hash will pop back into the same text.
>>
>
>
> text (variable unlimited length)
>
> http://www.postgresql.org/**docs/9.0/static/datatype-**character.html<http://www.postgresql.org/docs/9.0/static/datatype-character.html>
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