Re: Invalid memory alloc request size for repeat()

On Wed, 25 May 2022 at 22:41, David G. Johnston  wrote:
> On Wednesday, May 25, 2022, Japin Li  wrote:
>
>>
>> Hi,
>>
>> Today, I try to use repeat() to generate 1GB text, and it occurs invalid
>> memory
>> alloc request size [1].  It is a limit from palloc(), then I try to reduce
>> it,
>> it still complains out of memory which comes from enlargeStringInfo()
>> [2].  The
>> documentation about repect() [3] doesn't mentaion the limitation.
>>
>
> That is still a “field” even if it is not stored.
>
> https://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/limits.html
>

I mean this is a limitation about repect() function, it isn't really about 1GB,
we can only use 1GB - 4 for it.

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Japin Li.
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