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Subject: Re: Fwd: Re: [INTERFACES] psql ERROR : Character Types Tuple is too
	big: size xxxxx
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Comments: In-reply-to Compte utilisateur Sultan-advl <webmaster@advl.org>
	message dated "Fri, 14 Jan 2000 19:30:00 +0100"
Date: Fri, 14 Jan 2000 16:28:54 -0500
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From: Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>

Compte utilisateur Sultan-advl <webmaster@advl.org> writes:
> [ tuple definition is bigger than 8K ]
> BUT why psql does not  raise an error in 'create table'  ?
> Maybe documentation needs more informations on this ? (In Data types)

Well, actually, we are more interested in getting rid of the limitation
than in adding more code that depends on it... there may even be a fix
in 7.0...

			regards, tom lane