Lee Hachadoorian <lee.hachadoorian@gmail.com> writes:
> How is the number of columns in a join determined? When I combine somewhere
> around 90 tables in a JOIN, the query returns:
> ERROR: joins can have at most 32767 columns
It's the sum of the number of columns in the base tables.
> I'm sure most people will say "Why the hell are you joining 90 tables."
Not only that, but why are you working with over-300-column tables?
Seems like your schema design needs rethinking.
> I've asked this list before for advice on how to work with the
> approximately 23,000 column American Community Survey dataset,
Are there really 23000 populated values in each row? I hesitate to
suggest an EAV approach, but it kinda seems like you need to go in that
direction. You're never going to get decent performance out of a schema
that requires 100-way joins, even if you avoid bumping up against hard
limits.
regards, tom lane
