Re: Row Limit on tables

From: Devrim GUNDUZ <devrim(at)oper(dot)metu(dot)edu(dot)tr>
To: shey sewani <pakix2000(at)hotmail(dot)com>
Cc: pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: Row Limit on tables
Date: 2002-05-31 16:15:19
Message-ID: Pine.LNX.4.44.0205311911520.15535-100000@oper.metu.edu.tr
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Hi,

On Fri, 31 May 2002, shey sewani wrote:

>
>
> Is there a limit on the number of rows you can have in a table?
> Couple experts have predicted that 20Million or 200Million was the limit. I
> would like to hear your expereinces.
>
> My machine is a Redhat 7.1 x86 Box running Postgres7.1.2

I cannot remember the definition exactly; but as far as I remember, it was
with count() function; which returns 32-bit integer, and for tables having
more than 2 billion rows, count() has really no "meaning".

That's why numbger of rows in a table is only limited to your available
physical disk space or swap.

Best regards.
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Devrim GUNDUZ

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