Re: Large objects oids

From: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: d(dot)wall(at)computer(dot)org
Cc: pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: Large objects oids
Date: 2008-06-10 18:58:23
Message-ID: 22473.1213124303@sss.pgh.pa.us
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David Wall <d(dot)wall(at)computer(dot)org> writes:
> Since large objects use OIDs, does PG 8.3 have a limit of 4 billion
> large objects across all of my various tables

Yup, and in practice you'd better have a lot less than that or assigning
a new OID might take a long time.

> (actually, I presume OIDs
> are used elsewhere besides just large objects)?

They are, but this isn't relevant to large objects. The uniqueness
requirement is only per-catalog.

> Is there any plan on allowing large objects to support more than 2GB?

No, it's not on the radar screen really.

regards, tom lane

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