Re: [HACKERS] "CANNOT EXTEND" -

From: Bruce Momjian <maillist(at)candle(dot)pha(dot)pa(dot)us>
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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