On Mar 13, 2011, at 12:05 PM, Dmitriy Igrishin wrote:
> Hey Viktor,
>
> 2011/3/13 Viktor Nagy <[email protected]>
> hi,
>
> when trying to insert a long-long value, I get the following error:
>
> index row size 3120 exceeds maximum 2712 for index "ir_translation_ltns"
> HINT: Values larger than 1/3 of a buffer page cannot be indexed.
> Consider a function index of an MD5 hash of the value, or use full text
> indexing.
>
> is there a way to generate this recommended function index of an md5 hash on
> an already existing database and tables (filled with data)?
> Just create index this way, e.g.
> CREATE INDEX ir_translation_ltns ON tab ((md5(col)));
> where "tab" and "col" are table and column of which you want
> to create btree index.
This probably goes without saying, but you'll have to use col =
md5('blahblahblahblah') in your qualifiers to get the benefit of the index.
--brian
