Re: Can PostGreSQL handle 100 user database?

From: Vivek Khera <khera(at)kciLink(dot)com>
To: pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: Can PostGreSQL handle 100 user database?
Date: 2000-11-30 18:31:27
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>>>>> "LO" == Lamar Owen <lamar(dot)owen(at)wgcr(dot)org> writes:

LO> The 2GB size limits of ia32 come in to play due to byte addressing
LO> (versus word addressing) in ia32 plus the use of signed single register
LO> two's-complement integers.

LO> But, as always, I reserve the right to be wrong.

You are wrong. The file size limit has to do with the data size of
your file offset pointer. This is not necessarily a 32 bit quantity
on a 32-bit processor.

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