Re: query : max size Bytea - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From Andrew Chernow
Subject Re: query : max size Bytea
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Msg-id 476AAC3D.4050200@esilo.com
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In response to Re: query : max size Bytea  (Andrew Chernow <ac@esilo.com>)
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Andrew Chernow wrote:
> Arunachalam Parthasarathy wrote:
>> hi,
>> i would request you to answer the following query:
>>
>> 1. What is the maximum size of data  single Bytea entry in column?
>>
>> i would be thankful to you for the above request
>> .
>> P.S : my current reqirement is to add more that 1 gb of data in a
>> single entry of type bytea column in each row.
>>
>> Thanks and regards
>> Arunachalam
>>
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> 
> bytea uses up to 4 bytes to represent the binary string length (signed 
> 32-bit integer).  So the max data size is 2G.
> 
> http://www.postgresql.org/docs/8.3/static/datatype-binary.html
> 
> andrew
> 

Sorry, my mistake.  Max size is 1G. oops.

andrew



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