From: | Bruce Momjian <maillist(at)candle(dot)pha(dot)pa(dot)us> |
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To: | perdue(at)raccoon(dot)com |
Cc: | pgsql-hackers(at)hub(dot)org |
Subject: | Re: [HACKERS] "CANNOT EXTEND" - |
Date: | 1999-03-16 03:08:12 |
Message-ID: | 199903160308.WAA25973@candle.pha.pa.us |
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> Thanks Bruce.
>
> Do you have any idea what happens with pg_dump when it hits 2GB??? Is it set
> up to segment the files on linux? If not, I may have hit a brick wall here,
> and have no way to back this baby up.
>
pg_dump only dumps a flat unix file. That can be any size your OS
supports. It does not segment. However, a 2gig table will dump to a
much smaller version than 2gig because of the overhead for every record.
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