On 4/4/15 8:38 AM, Chris Curvey wrote:
>
> On Fri, Apr 3, 2015 at 9:27 PM, Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us
> <mailto:tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>> wrote:
>
> Chris Curvey <chris@chriscurvey.com <mailto:chris@chriscurvey.com>>
> writes:
> > Hmm, I'm trying to create a gin index, thusly:
> > create index foo_idx on foo using gin(entry gin_trgm_ops);
>
> > and I'm getting the error "could not split GIN page; no new items fit"
>
> > Any idea what this means, or how I can get around it?
>
> Looks to me like a bug (ie, the code seems to think this is a
> can't-happen
> case). Don't suppose you could supply sample data that triggers this?
>
> regards, tom lane
>
>
> I can! I just copied the data to a new table, obfuscated the sensitive
> parts, and was able to reproduce the error. I can supply the script to
> create and populate the table, but that's still clocking in at 250Mb
> after being zipped. What's the best way of getting this data out to
> someone who can take a look at this? (Feel free to contact me off-list
> to coordinate.)
It would be nice if you could further reduce it, but if not I'd suggest
posting it to something like DropBox and posting the public link here.
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