Re: max. size for a table

From: "Oliver Elphick" <olly(at)lfix(dot)co(dot)uk>
To: "Albert" <mhjuang(at)gennet(dot)com(dot)tw>
Cc: pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: max. size for a table
Date: 2001-04-23 09:31:40
Message-ID: 200104230931.f3N9VfU02869@linda.lfix.co.uk
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"Albert" wrote:
>Hi all~~
>
>In the documentation of "Limitations of PostgreSQL", the maximum size for a
>table is 64TB on all operating system.
>I am using Linux(the limitation size of ext2 file is 2GB).
>Would anyone tell me if there is any solution to make a table large than 2GB
>in Linux using PostgreSQL.

PostgreSQL splits the table into chunks that the filesystem can handle.

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