| From: | "Vadim B(dot) Mikheev" <vadim(at)sable(dot)krasnoyarsk(dot)su> |
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| To: | Bruce Momjian <maillist(at)candle(dot)pha(dot)pa(dot)us> |
| Cc: | PostgreSQL-development <hackers(at)postgreSQL(dot)org> |
| Subject: | Re: [HACKERS] tables >2GB |
| Date: | 1998-01-29 07:25:18 |
| Message-ID: | 34D02EDE.CC9EFBA8@sable.krasnoyarsk.su |
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Bruce Momjian wrote:
>
> Now that we know the storage manager code that splits tables over 2GB
> into separate files doesn't work(Irix), can we rip out that code and
> just use the OS code to access >2GB files as normal files. Now, most
> OS's can support 64-bit files and file sizes.
>
> Because it is isolated in the storage manager, it should be easy.
Someday we'll get TABLESPACEs and fixed multi-chunk code could
allow to store chunks in different TABLESPACEs created on _different
disks_ - imho, ability to store a table on > 1 disk is good thing.
And so, I would suggest just add elog(ERROR) to mdextend() now,
with recommendation to increase RELSEG_SIZE...
Vadim
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