You can edit config.h and recompile 7.0.3 to allow for larger tuples (up to 32K - Info used to be in the FAQ but that has changed so try the mailing list archives for info) or you can try 7.1 RC1 or the CVS snapshot as both can deal with almost unlimited text fields ;-)
Regards
Ben
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Koen Antonissen [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: 30 March 2001 12:52
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: [SQL] Max Size of a text field
>
>
> Hi there
>
> I just recieved this error:
> 'Warning: PostgreSQL query failed: ERROR: Tuple is too big:
> size 13872,
> max size 8140 '
>
> Is there anyting I can do about that other than tell my users just not
> typing so much text into the field?
>
> Kind regards,
> Koen Antonissen
>
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