Received: from malur.postgresql.org ([217.196.149.56]) by arkaria.postgresql.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1bzTr9-00018m-Ka for pgsql-admin@arkaria.postgresql.org; Wed, 26 Oct 2016 19:27:23 +0000 Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=postgresql.org) by malur.postgresql.org with smtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1bzTr9-00080N-77 for pgsql-admin@arkaria.postgresql.org; Wed, 26 Oct 2016 19:27:23 +0000 Received: from magus.postgresql.org ([2a02:c0:301:0:ffff::29]) by malur.postgresql.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1bzTpS-00044w-33 for pgsql-admin@postgresql.org; Wed, 26 Oct 2016 19:25:38 +0000 Received: from lists.commandprompt.com ([2604:da00:2:2:5054:ff:fe07:7618]) by magus.postgresql.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1bzTpN-0007Wv-Gz for pgsql-admin@postgresql.org; Wed, 26 Oct 2016 19:25:36 +0000 Received: from [192.168.1.60] (spinlock.commandprompt.com [69.168.55.30]) by lists.commandprompt.com (Postfix) with ESMTPA id 6FCE51E7; Wed, 26 Oct 2016 12:25:30 -0700 (PDT) Received: from c-73-225-27-179.hsd1.wa.comcast.net ([73.225.27.179] helo=[192.168.1.60]) by assp.commandprompt.com with SMTPSA(TLSv1_2 ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256) (2.5.1); 26 Oct 2016 12:25:30 -0700 Subject: Re: pg_toast oid limits To: "David G. Johnston" References: Cc: Natalie Wenz , pgsql-admin From: "Joshua D. Drake" Organization: Command Prompt, Inc. Message-ID: Date: Wed, 26 Oct 2016 12:25:29 -0700 User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:45.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/45.3.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Assp-Version: 2.5.1(16177) on assp.commandprompt.com X-Assp-ID: assp.commandprompt.com m1-09930-05896 X-Assp-Session: 7F3B80CE2A98 (mail 1) X-Assp-Original-Subject: Re: [ADMIN] pg_toast oid limits X-Assp-Client-SSL: yes X-Pg-Spam-Score: -3.2 (---) List-Archive: List-Help: List-ID: List-Owner: List-Post: List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Mailing-List: pgsql-admin Precedence: bulk Sender: pgsql-admin-owner@postgresql.org On 10/26/2016 12:18 PM, David G. Johnston wrote: > On Wed, Oct 26, 2016 at 12:05 PM, Joshua D. Drake > ​While your conclusion about rows/widths may​ > > ​be accurate I'm missing something if you are correct in stating the above. > > Each TOAST table has an associated OID but within that table every VALUE > (which could mean multiple per record) has an OID and a Sequence Number > which combined comprise a PK. Natalie's line of thinking seems to have > some merit even if I don't know how to answer the question at hand. Oh that's interesting. I think you are right. That said, the way forward I think is still to partition that out and possibly break up the table. Sincerely, JD -- Command Prompt, Inc. http://the.postgres.company/ +1-503-667-4564 PostgreSQL Centered full stack support, consulting and development. Everyone appreciates your honesty, until you are honest with them. Unless otherwise stated, opinions are my own. -- Sent via pgsql-admin mailing list (pgsql-admin@postgresql.org) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-admin