>>> Rows are sent back in the entireity, so the PG instance would need
>>> enough memory to work with that row. When you're running a 32bit
>>> version of PG, values whose size is beyond ~100MB are a bit touch and go
>>> whether it will work.
>
>> ?? I hear that it's posible to store up to a GiB as a value for a "text" field.
>> How would i possibly retrieve that data from the database?
>
> That's the *theoretical* limit. In a 32-bit build, the practical limit
> is going to be quite a bit less.
Sheesh..
- why?
- how about 64 bit?
- should this be documented?
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