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List:       pgsql-hackers
Subject:    Re: [HACKERS] query : max size Bytea
From:       Andrew Chernow <ac () esilo ! com>
Date:       2007-12-20 17:54:05
Message-ID: 476AAC3D.4050200 () esilo ! com
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Andrew Chernow wrote:
> Arunachalam Parthasarathy wrote:
>> hi,
>> i would request you to answer the following query:
>>
>> 1. What is the maximum size of data  single Bytea entry in column?
>>
>> i would be thankful to you for the above request
>> .
>> P.S : my current reqirement is to add more that 1 gb of data in a
>> single entry of type bytea column in each row.
>>
>> Thanks and regards
>> Arunachalam
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> 
> bytea uses up to 4 bytes to represent the binary string length (signed 
> 32-bit integer).  So the max data size is 2G.
> 
> http://www.postgresql.org/docs/8.3/static/datatype-binary.html
> 
> andrew
> 

Sorry, my mistake.  Max size is 1G. oops.

andrew


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