Re: PostgreSQL Limits: maximum number of columns in SELECT result

From: Dave Cramer <davecramer(at)postgres(dot)rocks>
To: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
Cc: Amul Sul <sulamul(at)gmail(dot)com>, Vladimir Sitnikov <sitnikov(dot)vladimir(at)gmail(dot)com>, PostgreSQL Hackers <pgsql-hackers(at)lists(dot)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: PostgreSQL Limits: maximum number of columns in SELECT result
Date: 2022-05-31 14:27:16
Message-ID: CADK3HH+SBsb1wZB2kU1KAtiPb8kE-TLabvwtBy1UiZ7gzO==hg@mail.gmail.com
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On Tue, 31 May 2022 at 10:16, Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us> wrote:

> Amul Sul <sulamul(at)gmail(dot)com> writes:
> > On Tue, May 31, 2022 at 12:46 PM Vladimir Sitnikov
> > <sitnikov(dot)vladimir(at)gmail(dot)com> wrote:
> >> I suggest that the limit of "1664 columns per tuple" (or whatever is
> the right term) should be added
> >> to the list at https://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/limits.html
> e.g. after "columns per table".
>
> We've generally felt that the existing "columns per table" limit is
> sufficient detail here.
>

ISTM that adding detail is free whereas the readers time to figure out why
and where this number came from is not.

I think it deserves mention.

Regards,
Dave.

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