Re: Large files in main/base

From: Guillaume Lelarge <guillaume(at)lelarge(dot)info>
To: "Neuber, Dirk" <dirk(dot)neuber(at)barco(dot)com>
Cc: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>, "Henry, Frank" <frank(dot)henry(at)barco(dot)com>, pgsql-admin(at)postgresql(dot)org, Scott Marlowe <scott(dot)marlowe(at)gmail(dot)com>
Subject: Re: Large files in main/base
Date: 2010-07-10 11:58:18
Message-ID: 4C38605A.3010101@lelarge.info
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Le 10/07/2010 12:43, Neuber, Dirk a écrit :
>>> What is it?
>
>> Why don't you tell us?
>
>> The exact name of the file might be useful information, too.
>
> It is : postgres/8.3/main/base/16385/2613
>

This is a system catalog, pg_largeobject, which holds binary objects. If
you use Large Objects, no wonder this table could be really big.

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Guillaume
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