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authorTom Lane2009-03-15 22:05:17 +0000
committerTom Lane2009-03-15 22:05:17 +0000
commitf3a72bd40bf37724308ef641f60d60a1776df424 (patch)
tree871a78ff12c030d507b60873bafde4ac35d58f91 /doc/src/sgml/hstore.sgml
parent7a52a8f829a9f50e054a0643826f73092749c0cf (diff)
Fix contrib/hstore to throw an error for keys or values that don't fit in its
data structure, rather than silently truncating them. Andrew Gierth
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diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/hstore.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/hstore.sgml
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@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-<!-- $PostgreSQL: pgsql/doc/src/sgml/hstore.sgml,v 1.2 2007/12/06 04:12:10 tgl Exp $ -->
+<!-- $PostgreSQL: pgsql/doc/src/sgml/hstore.sgml,v 1.3 2009/03/15 22:05:17 tgl Exp $ -->
<sect1 id="hstore">
<title>hstore</title>
@@ -14,6 +14,12 @@
that are rarely examined, or semi-structured data.
</para>
+ <para>
+ In the current implementation, neither the key nor the value
+ string can exceed 65535 bytes in length; an error will be thrown if this
+ limit is exceeded. These maximum lengths may change in future releases.
+ </para>
+
<sect2>
<title><type>hstore</> External Representation</title>