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<H1>Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) for PostgreSQL</H1> |
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<P>Last updated: Wed Aug 10 15:29:42 EDT 2005</P> |
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<P>Last updated: Thu Aug 11 09:21:58 EDT 2005</P> |
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<P>Current maintainer: Bruce Momjian (<A href= |
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"mailto:pgman@candle.pha.pa.us">pgman@candle.pha.pa.us</A>) |
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<P>One limitation is that indexes can not be created on columns |
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longer than about 2,000 characters. Fortunately, such indexes are |
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rarely needed. Uniqueness is best guaranteed using another column |
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that is an MD5 hash of the long column, and full text indexing |
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rarely needed. Uniqueness is best guaranteed by a funtion index |
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of an MD5 hash of the long column, and full text indexing |
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allows for searching of words within the column.</P> |
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<H3><A name="4.5">4.5</A>) How much database disk space is required |
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