Re: Question about maximum sizes

Lai, Eric wrote:
>
> I was wondering if you know where I could find specifications on the
> PostGresSQL 7.4.3 (the one build one used). I have information such as:
>
> Maximum size for a database? unlimited (60GB databases
> exist)
> Maximum size for a table? 16 TB
> Maximum size for a row? unlimited in 7.1 and later
> Maximum size for a field? 1GB in 7.1 and later
> Maximum number of rows in a table? unlimited
> Maximum number of columns in a table? 250-1600 depending on column
> types
> Maximum number of indexes on a table? Unlimited
>
> But I need additional information such as what the maximum size of an
> actual index name is and stuff like that. Do you know where they might
> have a more comprehensive guide or documentation that might have this
> information?

Yes, run pg_controldata:

Maximum length of identifiers: 64

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