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Subject: Re: row is too big: size 8168, maximum size 8160
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Mario De Frutos Dieguez <mariodefrutos@gmail.com> writes:
> I've found this error message and it's driving me crazy.

> I have a table with 790 numeric columns, I'm trying to make an INSERT INTO
> x SELECT... and in the same column/s I'm getting this message.

You can either rethink your data representation (maybe you could put a
bunch of those values into an array?) or recompile/re-initdb with a
larger value of BLCKSZ.  I'd favor the former --- 790 columns is too many.

			regards, tom lane