Re: GIST and TOAST - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From Tom Lane
Subject Re: GIST and TOAST
Date
Msg-id 15391.1172861354@sss.pgh.pa.us
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In response to Re: GIST and TOAST  (Andrew - Supernews <andrew+nonews@supernews.com>)
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Andrew - Supernews <andrew+nonews@supernews.com> writes:
> On 2007-03-02, Gregory Stark <stark@enterprisedb.com> wrote:
>> I think these are actual bugs. If you happened to provide a large enough datum
>> to the gist code it would cause the same problem I'm seeing. The packed
>> varlena patch just makes it easier to trigger.

> Are you taking into account the fact that, at least prior to your patch,
> values in index tuples could never be toasted?

False --- see index_form_tuple().
        regards, tom lane


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