Re: Storing large large JSON objects in JSONB

On 07/11/22 20:49, Thomas Kellerer wrote:
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> Wells Oliver schrieb am 11.07.2022 um 18:25:
>>> On Mon, Jul 11, 2022 at 5:11 AM Thomas Kellerer <shammat@gmx.net 
>>> <mailto:shammat@gmx.net>> wrote:
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>>>     Wells Oliver schrieb am 09.07.2022 um 21:37:
>>>      > We have a couple of tables where we like to store very large 
>>> JSON
>>>      > objects in a JSONB column.
>>>     Note, that the upper limit for a single jsonb value is 255MB
>>>     Not 1GB as it is e.g. the case for text or json.
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>> What exactly does that mean? The upper limit at which TOAST is used
>> for storage, or what? We certainly have objects larger than 256MB in
>> JSONB columns.
> Hmm, that's strange, because when I try to create a JSONB value that is
> larger than 256MB I get the following error:
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>    ERROR: total size of jsonb object elements exceeds the maximum of 
> 268435455 bytes
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> Are you sure you are using jsonb, not json maybe?
> To my knowledge the json data type does not have this limit.
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Wow! We are using citus for storing likely objects. 256MB. My opinion is 
you are doing something wrong.