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From: Tom Lane <[email protected]>
To: Bruce Momjian <[email protected]>
Cc: Phil Frost <[email protected]>
Cc: PostgreSQL-documentation <[email protected]>
Subject: Re: Re: [BUGS] BUG #3965: UNIQUE constraint fails on long column values
Date: Wed, 05 Mar 2008 12:09:44 -0500
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Bruce Momjian <[email protected]> writes:
> Part of the problem is we don't know the length --- it is the compressed
> length that is limited, I think to 8k.

That's a problem, and the length limit is different for different index
types.  So you're really not going to be able to say anything very
specific.  Another problem is where would you put the information?

			regards, tom lane

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