Re: transaction limits?

From: Richard Huxton <dev(at)archonet(dot)com>
To: jeff sacksteder <jsacksteder(at)gmail(dot)com>
Cc: pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: transaction limits?
Date: 2005-10-21 09:58:48
Message-ID: 4358BBD8.9030400@archonet.com
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jeff sacksteder wrote:
> Are there known limits to how many rows can be inserted by one transaction,
> or does that just reflect the already documented row, table and database
> limits?

Well, the system will need to be able to roll back the transaction, so
at some point your system will grind to a halt. I shouldn't be surprised
if there was some counter that couldn't cope beyond 2^31 rows too but
no-one's found it yet.

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Richard Huxton
Archonet Ltd

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