Re: [HACKERS] [COMMITTERS] pgsql: Permit dump/reload of not-too-large >1GB tuples

2017-01-16 Thread Tom Lane
Alvaro Herrera writes: > Permit dump/reload of not-too-large >1GB tuples I noticed that this commit has created an overflow hazard on 64-bit hardware: it's not difficult to attempt to make a tuple exceeding 4GB. You just need a few GB-sized input values. But that's uncool for a couple of reasons

Re: [HACKERS] [COMMITTERS] pgsql: Permit dump/reload of not-too-large >1GB tuples

2016-12-05 Thread Tom Lane
Alvaro Herrera writes: > Permit dump/reload of not-too-large >1GB tuples I apologize for not having paid close enough attention earlier, but: this patch is absolutely unacceptable for the back branches and MUST be reverted there. Adding another field to StringInfoData is an ABI change that will