PostgreSQL Error Reference

Every error, explained

SQLSTATE codes, condition names, root causes, diagnostic queries, and recovery steps — structured for engineers running PostgreSQL in production.

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54000 ERROR

too many regular expression matches — 54000

program_limit_exceeded

PostgreSQL error "too many regular expression matches" (SQLSTATE 54000, program_limit_exceeded): what it means, common causes, and how to fix it.

Program Limit Exceeded
54000 ERROR

tsquery is too large — 54000

program_limit_exceeded

PostgreSQL error "tsquery is too large" (SQLSTATE 54000, program_limit_exceeded): what it means, common causes, and how to fix it.

Program Limit Exceeded
54000 ERROR

bit string length exceeds the maximum allowed (n) — 54000

program_limit_exceeded

PostgreSQL error "bit string length exceeds the maximum allowed (n)" (SQLSTATE 54000, program_limit_exceeded): what it means, common causes, and how to fix it.

Program Limit Exceeded
54000 ERROR

result of bytea output conversion is too large — 54000

program_limit_exceeded

PostgreSQL error "result of bytea output conversion is too large" (SQLSTATE 54000, program_limit_exceeded): what it means, common causes, and how to fix it.

Program Limit Exceeded
54000 ERROR

invalid memory allocation request size …u + …u — 54000

program_limit_exceeded

PostgreSQL error "invalid memory allocation request size …u + …u" (SQLSTATE 54000, program_limit_exceeded): what it means, common causes, and how to fix it.

Program Limit Exceeded
54000 ERROR

invalid memory allocation request size …u * …u — 54000

program_limit_exceeded

PostgreSQL error "invalid memory allocation request size …u * …u" (SQLSTATE 54000, program_limit_exceeded): what it means, common causes, and how to fix it.

Program Limit Exceeded
54000 ERROR

cannot have more than n runs for an external sort — 54000

program_limit_exceeded

PostgreSQL error "cannot have more than n runs for an external sort" (SQLSTATE 54000, program_limit_exceeded): what it means, common causes, and how to fix it.

Program Limit Exceeded
54000 ERROR

query result has too many rows to fit in a Perl array — 54000

program_limit_exceeded

PostgreSQL error "query result has too many rows to fit in a Perl array" (SQLSTATE 54000, program_limit_exceeded): what it means, common causes, and how to fix it.

Program Limit Exceeded
54000 ERROR

query result has too many rows to fit in a Python list — 54000

program_limit_exceeded

PostgreSQL error "query result has too many rows to fit in a Python list" (SQLSTATE 54000, program_limit_exceeded): what it means, common causes, and how to fix it.

Program Limit Exceeded
54000 ERROR

number of array dimensions exceeds the maximum allowed (n) — 54000

program_limit_exceeded

PostgreSQL error "number of array dimensions exceeds the maximum allowed (n)" (SQLSTATE 54000, program_limit_exceeded): what it means, common causes, and how to fix it.

Program Limit Exceeded
54000 ERROR

encrypted password is too long — 54000

program_limit_exceeded

PostgreSQL error "encrypted password is too long" (SQLSTATE 54000, program_limit_exceeded): what it means, common causes, and how to fix it.

Program Limit Exceeded
54000 ERROR

replication origin name is too long — 54000

program_limit_exceeded

PostgreSQL error "replication origin name is too long" (SQLSTATE 54000, program_limit_exceeded): what it means, common causes, and how to fix it.

Program Limit Exceeded
54000 ERROR

string buffer exceeds maximum allowed length (…u bytes) — 54000

program_limit_exceeded

PostgreSQL error "string buffer exceeds maximum allowed length (…u bytes)" (SQLSTATE 54000, program_limit_exceeded): what it means, common causes, and how to fix it.

Program Limit Exceeded
54000 ERROR

database is not accepting commands to avoid wraparound data loss in… — 54000

program_limit_exceeded

PostgreSQL error "database is not accepting commands to avoid wraparound data loss in database with OID n" (SQLSTATE 54000, program_limit_exceeded): what it means, common causes, and how to fix it.

Program Limit Exceeded
54000 ERROR

array lower bound is too large: n — 54000

program_limit_exceeded

PostgreSQL error "array lower bound is too large: n" (SQLSTATE 54000, program_limit_exceeded): what it means, common causes, and how to fix it.

Program Limit Exceeded
54000 ERROR

value is too big in tsquery: “…” — 54000

program_limit_exceeded

PostgreSQL error "value is too big in tsquery: "…"" (SQLSTATE 54000, program_limit_exceeded): what it means, common causes, and how to fix it.

Program Limit Exceeded
54000 ERROR

operand is too long in tsquery: “…” — 54000

program_limit_exceeded

PostgreSQL error "operand is too long in tsquery: "…"" (SQLSTATE 54000, program_limit_exceeded): what it means, common causes, and how to fix it.

Program Limit Exceeded
54000 ERROR

word is too long in tsquery: “…” — 54000

program_limit_exceeded

PostgreSQL error "word is too long in tsquery: "…"" (SQLSTATE 54000, program_limit_exceeded): what it means, common causes, and how to fix it.

Program Limit Exceeded
54000 ERROR

word is too long (n bytes, max n bytes) — 54000

program_limit_exceeded

PostgreSQL error "word is too long (n bytes, max n bytes)" (SQLSTATE 54000, program_limit_exceeded): what it means, common causes, and how to fix it.

Program Limit Exceeded
54000 ERROR

string is too long for tsvector (n bytes, max n bytes) — 54000

program_limit_exceeded

PostgreSQL error "string is too long for tsvector (n bytes, max n bytes)" (SQLSTATE 54000, program_limit_exceeded): what it means, common causes, and how to fix it.

Program Limit Exceeded
54000 ERROR

too many array dimensions — 54000

program_limit_exceeded

PostgreSQL error "too many array dimensions" (SQLSTATE 54000, program_limit_exceeded): what it means, common causes, and how to fix it.

Program Limit Exceeded
54000 ERROR

too many inheritance parents — 54000

program_limit_exceeded

PostgreSQL error "too many inheritance parents" (SQLSTATE 54000, program_limit_exceeded): what it means, common causes, and how to fix it.

Program Limit Exceeded
54000 ERROR

too many custom wait events — 54000

program_limit_exceeded

PostgreSQL error "too many custom wait events" (SQLSTATE 54000, program_limit_exceeded): what it means, common causes, and how to fix it.

Program Limit Exceeded
54000 ERROR

MultiXact members would wrap around — 54000

program_limit_exceeded

PostgreSQL error "MultiXact members would wrap around" (SQLSTATE 54000, program_limit_exceeded): what it means, common causes, and how to fix it.

Program Limit Exceeded