Large text fields in the database
I am using the RPM packaged postgreSQL server 7.1.3 which is
shipped with RH 7.2.
The problem I have is the size of text fields. Although in Documentation
it clearly says that the DB supports text fields larger than 8Kb, I am
unable to insert or update fields (and tables for that matter) with data
larger than 8Kb.
Whenever I try to do that, I get unresolved symbol SPI_lastoid in
plpgsql.so
Can anyone help me with this - several friends suggested that I should
recompile the DB from source, and enable the large tuples, but I looked
in the source and it clearly says it's supported in this version.
Best regards,
alex.
"Aleksandar Radulovic" <alex@juventus.is> writes:
I am using the RPM packaged postgreSQL server 7.1.3 which is
shipped with RH 7.2.
The problem I have is the size of text fields. Although in Documentation
it clearly says that the DB supports text fields larger than 8Kb, I am
unable to insert or update fields (and tables for that matter) with data
larger than 8Kb.
Whenever I try to do that, I get unresolved symbol SPI_lastoid in
plpgsql.so
It's quite improbable that the latter has anything directly to do with
the former. However, the latter does seems to suggest a version
mismatch problem --- specifically, a 7.1 plpgsql.so and an older
postgres backend. So I will suggest that your real problem is you have
not updated all components of your PG installation to 7.1.
Try "rpm -qa | grep postgres" and see if anything's out of sync.
regards, tom lane