Tom Lane wrote: > Alvaro Herrera <alvhe...@alvh.no-ip.org> 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 certainly break large numbers of extensions. We > can't expect those to get recompiled for minor releases.
Oh, I see the problem now -- it can (and frequently is) stack allocated, not just palloc'ed using the StringInfo api, and changing the size breaks that. Rats. I'll revert tomorrow. -- Álvaro Herrera https://www.2ndQuadrant.com/ PostgreSQL Development, 24x7 Support, Remote DBA, Training & Services -- Sent via pgsql-hackers mailing list (pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-hackers