On Thu, Dec 22, 2005 at 11:24:12AM +0100, Guido Neitzer wrote: > Hi. > > Is there a limitation of the length of a char or varchar(x) column > for indexing?
For btrees at least, yes. Around a third of a page or about 2713 bytes by default. For bigger things you probably want tsearch anyway. Have a nice day, -- Martijn van Oosterhout <kleptog@svana.org> http://svana.org/kleptog/ > Patent. n. Genius is 5% inspiration and 95% perspiration. A patent is a > tool for doing 5% of the work and then sitting around waiting for someone > else to do the other 95% so you can sue them.
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