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* tuple size too big??
@ 1999-04-13 13:20 JT Kirkpatrick <jt-kirkpatrick@mpsllc.com>
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From: JT Kirkpatrick @ 1999-04-13 13:20 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: 'pgsql-interfaces@hub.org' <pgsql-interfaces@hub.org>
I am connecting to postgres 6.4.2 on rh linux 5.2, using new kernel 2.2.2,
from access97 on a win98 machine through an obdc driver (somehow, that was
a mouthful!). I am converting some access files into postgres. One file
in particular has a NOTES field in it (access memo datatype, postgres text
datatype) that may have large amounts of data in various records. When I
run an insert query to insert into the postgres tables from the access
table, it bombs when it hits a record with"too much data" - I get the error
message "tuple size too big, size 8360". In the obdc driver, I tried
increasing the "text as longvarchar" amount to 15000 - no good. I then
tried just unchecking the "text as longvarchar" option - no good. I think
the message is coming from postgres, not the obdc driver. I have found a
record in particular that causes the problem. When I remove a few lines
from the data, it pulls in just fine. The few lines I removed had no
special characters, etc. what to do?? I need to be able to store this
data in its entirety. How to increase the allowable "tuple" size? What is
a tuple anyway??
jt
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* Re: [INTERFACES] tuple size too big??
@ 1999-04-15 21:03 Sergio A. Kessler <ser@perio.unlp.edu.ar>
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From: Sergio A. Kessler @ 1999-04-15 21:03 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: pgsql-interfaces@hub.org
>
>I know I have said this before, but I will try to add that option next
since it
>seems to be really necessary now, alot of people need to store large
amounts of
>character data.
hmmm, so in the next driver I will be able to store 80k of chars
in a field of type text ? (sound good)
Sergio
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* Re: [INTERFACES] tuple size too big??
@ 1999-04-15 22:54 Byron Nikolaidis <byronn@insightdist.com>
parent: JT Kirkpatrick <jt-kirkpatrick@mpsllc.com>
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From: Byron Nikolaidis @ 1999-04-15 22:54 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: JT Kirkpatrick <jt-kirkpatrick@mpsllc.com>; +Cc: 'pgsql-interfaces@hub.org' <pgsql-interfaces@hub.org>
JT Kirkpatrick wrote:
> I am connecting to postgres 6.4.2 on rh linux 5.2, using new kernel 2.2.2,
> from access97 on a win98 machine through an obdc driver (somehow, that was
> a mouthful!). I am converting some access files into postgres. One file
> in particular has a NOTES field in it (access memo datatype, postgres text
> datatype) that may have large amounts of data in various records. When I
> run an insert query to insert into the postgres tables from the access
> table, it bombs when it hits a record with"too much data" - I get the error
> message "tuple size too big, size 8360". In the obdc driver, I tried
> increasing the "text as longvarchar" amount to 15000 - no good. I then
> tried just unchecking the "text as longvarchar" option - no good. I think
> the message is coming from postgres, not the obdc driver. I have found a
> record in particular that causes the problem. When I remove a few lines
> from the data, it pulls in just fine. The few lines I removed had no
> special characters, etc. what to do?? I need to be able to store this
> data in its entirety. How to increase the allowable "tuple" size? What is
> a tuple anyway??
>
The data for that notes field is probably making the overall size of the query
too big for the backend to handle. It has a limit of around 8k. The real
solution is to have the driver use a large object instead of in-line the data.
I know I have said this before, but I will try to add that option next since it
seems to be really necessary now, alot of people need to store large amounts of
character data.
Byron
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