Re: Some advanced database features, are they present in PostgreSQL

From: Peter Mount <peter(at)retep(dot)org(dot)uk>
To: Marc SCHAEFER <schaefer(at)alphanet(dot)ch>
Cc: pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: Some advanced database features, are they present in PostgreSQL
Date: 2000-10-10 17:01:46
Message-ID: Pine.LNX.4.21.0010101759560.8388-100000@maidast.demon.co.uk
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On Tue, 10 Oct 2000, Marc SCHAEFER wrote:

> - ability to have databases bigger than the host's maximum file size

This has been in there since the old postgres days (although we did find
it have a problem with Linux and files exactly 2Gig). PostgreSQL now
splits tables at the 1Gb level, so tables are only really limited to the
disk size, not the file size (normally 2^32 bytes = 2Gig)

Peter

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