pgsql: Document limit on the number of out-of-line values per table

From: John Naylor <john(dot)naylor(at)postgresql(dot)org>
To: pgsql-committers(at)lists(dot)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: pgsql: Document limit on the number of out-of-line values per table
Date: 2024-08-20 06:42:58
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Document limit on the number of out-of-line values per table

Document the hard limit stemming from the size of an OID, and also
mention the perfomance impact that occurs before the hard limit
is reached.

Jakub Wartak and Robert Haas
Backpatch to all supported versions

Discussion: https://postgr.es/m/CAKZiRmwWhp2yxjqJLwbBjHdfbJBcUmmKMNAZyBjjtpgM9AMatQ%40mail.gmail.com

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REL_16_STABLE

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https://git.postgresql.org/pg/commitdiff/409be33c3136dce56f7605dd4f9b4e8fe7f5d693

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doc/src/sgml/limits.sgml | 11 +++++++++++
1 file changed, 11 insertions(+)

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