Re: Practical limit on number of tables ina single database - Mailing list pgsql-general

From Tom Lane
Subject Re: Practical limit on number of tables ina single database
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Msg-id 12780.1143244579@sss.pgh.pa.us
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In response to Re: Practical limit on number of tables ina single database  ("Just Someone" <just.some@gmail.com>)
Responses Re: Practical limit on number of tables ina single database  ("Jim C. Nasby" <jnasby@pervasive.com>)
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"Just Someone" <just.some@gmail.com> writes:
> Actually, most table are VERY small. On each schema I would expect 4 -
> 5 tables to go over 1000 records. The rest will be much smaller, with
> most at under 100. And aside from 2-3 tables, the activity will be
> pretty low (few records a day at the most extreme).

> Can I use this to optimize the fsm part in a different way?

Seems like a one-page table hardly needs an FSM entry at all: there's
only one place to look for free space anyway.  Maybe we should have a
threshold for the minimum size a table must be before it gets an FSM
entry.

            regards, tom lane

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