Thread: How to Recompile Postgreqsl to increase Function-argument limit??

Hi!

I read that by recompiling postgresql I can increase the limit of
arguments (16 by deafult) for Functions (PLpgsql).

How do I have to recompile ?! Do I have to change a file or just add
an argument when recompiling ??

Where can i find this limit so I can increase it to ~40 since i have
one function with ~36 arguments to do an insert for me and return the
inserted id.

I would really appreciate any help !

Please Cc an answer to my email tarabas@tarabas.de !

Thanx in advance ... Manuel ...

Manuel wrote:
> Hi!
>
> I read that by recompiling postgresql I can increase the limit
> of arguments (16 by deafult) for Functions (PLpgsql).
>
> How do I have to recompile ?! Do I have to change a file or just
> add an argument when recompiling ??
>
> Where can i find this limit so I can increase it to ~40 since
> i have one function with ~36 arguments to do an insert for me
> and return the inserted id.
>
> I would really appreciate any help !

You need to edit pg_config.h or edit pg_config.h.in and rerun configure.
Change INDEX_MAX_KEYS to 40 or so and recompile/initdb.  7.3 will have a
configure flag to do this.

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