Re: 2 gig file limit (yes I know, read anyway ;))

From: Alvaro Herrera <alvherre(at)dcc(dot)uchile(dot)cl>
To: "Joshua D(dot) Drake" <jd(at)commandprompt(dot)com>
Cc: pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: 2 gig file limit (yes I know, read anyway ;))
Date: 2002-12-18 01:58:11
Message-ID: 20021218015811.GA14482@dcc.uchile.cl
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On Tue, Dec 17, 2002 at 05:35:24PM -0800, Joshua D. Drake wrote:
> Hello,
>
> We are having a very odd problem. We have a PostgreSQL 7.1.3 system
> that we are upgrading to 7.2.3. The 7.1.3 system is running RedHat 7.2.
> As we run pg_dump we are hitting the old 2gig file limit size (and know
> gzipping doesn't work because of the blobs).
>
> I know why we are running into the 2gig limit. It is because the
> system was upgraded from 6.2 and the 7.1.3 installation was not recompiled.

Why don't you pass the output of pg_dump through split(1) ?

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Alvaro Herrera (<alvherre[a]dcc.uchile.cl>)
"God is real, unless declared as int"

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