Re: Index row maximum size and crash

[Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>]

"Daniel Caune" <daniel(dot)caune(at)ubisoft(dot)com> writes:
> I try to create an index on character varying(64) column but PostgreSQL
> complains that the index row size reaches the maximum limit:

>   CREATE INDEX IDX_GSLOG_EVENT_ARCHIVE_GAME_CLIENT_VERSION
>     ON GSLOG_EVENT_ARCHIVE(GAME_CLIENT_VERSION);
>   ERROR:  index row requires 198468548 bytes, maximum size is 8191

That sure looks like a corrupted-data problem.  Have you checked for bad
data in the GAME_CLIENT_VERSION column?

			regards, tom lane