From: dinesh <dinesh@milkorwater.com>
To: pgsql-bugs@postgresql.org
Subject: BUG #6052: ADD COLUMN - ERROR: tables can have at most 1600 columns
Date: Sat, 4 Jun 2011 07:09:27 GMT
Message-ID: <201106040709.p5479Roc058117@wwwmaster.postgresql.org> (raw)
The following bug has been logged online:
Bug reference: 6052
Logged by: dinesh
Email address: dinesh@milkorwater.com
PostgreSQL version: 8.4.7
Operating system: WIndows 7 pro 64 bit
Description: ADD COLUMN - ERROR: tables can have at most 1600 columns
Details:
I have a table which is used during data uploads, a so-called staging table.
This table has a fixed number of columns that [must] match the input CSV
file. This CSV file is uploaded using COPY command. Following the COPY, a
new column (meant for indexing) is constructed on this table using some
application logic; and dropped after that data upload cycle is over.
After some 1500+ cycles, I get the following error:
ERROR: tables can have at most 1600 columns
SQL state: 54011
Context: SQL statement "ALTER TABLE stage_fo ADD COLUMN exch_ticker char
varying"
So it appears that the command
ALTER TABLE stage_fo DROP COLUMN exch_ticker
is only producing some soft effects, not sufficient for the db engine.
There was a similar problem mentioned by another user, Ron St-Pierre, in
June 2004
(http://bytes.com/topic/postgresql/answers/422107-error-tables-can-have-most
-1600-columns). Suggestion made there - to drop/rebuild the table - is not a
trivial choice.
I will appreciate any helpful pointers that will get us past this
showstopper. Rewrite is going to be expensive.
Thanks & regards
Dinesh
Dinesh
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