X-Original-To: pgsql-sql-postgresql.org@localhost.postgresql.org Received: from localhost (av.hub.org [200.46.204.144]) by svr1.postgresql.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D4298D8986 for ; Thu, 8 Sep 2005 13:34:11 -0300 (ADT) Received: from svr1.postgresql.org ([200.46.204.71]) by localhost (av.hub.org [200.46.204.144]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id 47092-02 for ; Thu, 8 Sep 2005 16:34:10 +0000 (GMT) Received: from sss.pgh.pa.us (sss.pgh.pa.us [66.207.139.130]) by svr1.postgresql.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0AC54D886B for ; Thu, 8 Sep 2005 13:34:09 -0300 (ADT) Received: from sss2.sss.pgh.pa.us (tgl@localhost [127.0.0.1]) by sss.pgh.pa.us (8.13.1/8.13.1) with ESMTP id j88GXjN8008424; Thu, 8 Sep 2005 12:33:45 -0400 (EDT) To: Silke Trissl Cc: pgsql-sql@postgresql.org Subject: Re: Indexing an array? In-reply-to: <43206338.9020502@informatik.hu-berlin.de> References: <43206338.9020502@informatik.hu-berlin.de> Comments: In-reply-to Silke Trissl message dated "Thu, 08 Sep 2005 18:13:44 +0200" Date: Thu, 08 Sep 2005 12:33:45 -0400 Message-ID: <8423.1126197225@sss.pgh.pa.us> From: Tom Lane X-Virus-Scanned: by amavisd-new at hub.org X-Spam-Status: No, hits=0.006 required=5 tests=[AWL=0.006] X-Spam-Level: X-Archive-Number: 200509/86 X-Sequence-Number: 22633 Silke Trissl writes: > I have a problem with arrays in Postgres. I want to create a really > large array, lets say 3 billion characters long. Forget it --- quite aside from indexing inefficiencies, the max size of an array (or any other single field) is just 1Gb. Don't try to use arrays to replace tables. regards, tom lane