[Xapian-discuss] "Value in posting list too large" error with 1.1.4 (chert and brass, not flint)

[Jason Tackaberry]

On Sun, 2010-03-07 at 22:57 +0000, Olly Betts wrote:
> It seems to me this is certain to be a red-herring.  Except for zero bytes
> the characters in a term just a string of bytes to the backend.
> 
> So it's just coincidence that changing the query avoids the problem.

Can you elaborate on what the error means and what the likely causes
are?

Thanks,
Jason.