Re: Large expressions in indexes can't be stored (non-TOASTable) - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

On Fri, Apr 4, 2025 at 7:58 PM Nathan Bossart <nathandbossart@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> On Fri, Apr 04, 2025 at 05:16:43PM +0530, Amit Kapila wrote:
> > Can we dodge adding this push call if we restrict the length of the
> > origin name to some reasonable limit like 256 or 512 and avoid the
> > need of toast altogether?
>
> We did consider just removing pg_replication_origin's TOAST table earlier
> [0], but we decided against it at that time.  Maybe it's worth
> reconsidering...
>

I don't see any good reason in that email for not removing the TOAST
table for pg_replication_origin. I would prefer to remove it rather
than add protection related to its access.

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With Regards,
Amit Kapila.