On Wed, Sep 28, 2022 at 03:09:46PM -0400, Stephen Frost wrote:
> On Wed, Sep 28, 2022 at 14:50 Nathan Bossart <nathandbossart@gmail.com>
> wrote:
>> I've been testing aclmask() with long aclitem arrays (2,000 entries is
>> close to the limit for pg_class entries), and I haven't found any
>> significant impact from bumping AclMode to 64 bits.
>
> The max is the same regardless of the size..? Considering the size is
> capped since pg_class doesn’t (and isn’t likely to..) have a toast table,
> that seems unlikely, so I’m asking for clarification on that. We may be
> able to get consensus that the difference isn’t material since no one is
> likely to have such long lists, but we should at least be aware.
While pg_class doesn't have a TOAST table, that column is marked as
"extended," so I believe it is still compressed, and the maximum aclitem
array length for pg_class.relacl would depend on how well the array
compresses.
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