Re: Does standalone postfrsql have autogrowth/ manual growth on table space?

From: Ron <ronljohnsonjr(at)gmail(dot)com>
To: pgsql-general(at)lists(dot)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: Does standalone postfrsql have autogrowth/ manual growth on table space?
Date: 2022-10-20 17:29:21
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On 10/20/22 12:19, Vince McMahon wrote:
> In other databases, there is a way to preallocate the table space to allow
> bulk loading of data in a well packed and continuous space.
>
>
> Does psql have that auto/manual growth?

There's no pre-allocation in Postgresql.  When you run CREATE TABLE, an (I
think) 8KiB file is created; it grows as you add more data. When it hits
1GiB in size, another table is created.  And then another and another and
another, etc.

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Angular momentum makes the world go 'round.

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