Index on wide varchar column - Mailing list pgsql-general

From Antonio Sergio de Mello e Souza
Subject Index on wide varchar column
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Msg-id 3BD5DD36.1050008@bol.com.br
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Hi all,

I'm working on an application that needs to use a big table (millions of
rows). This table has around 70 columns, one of which is a
VARCHAR(30000) that is used exclusively to sort the rows in a specific
order. The application runs in batch and reads every row of that table.
Are there any restrictions about using such a wide column to order a
table? Can an index on that column help?
Any help will be greatly appreciated.

Regards,

Antonio Sergio


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