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From Tom Lane
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In response to Re: information  ("Josh Berkus" <josh@agliodbs.com>)
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"Josh Berkus" <josh@agliodbs.com> writes:
>> Josh, surely you know better than that.  PG is not restricted by OS
>> limitations on individual file size, because it automatically
>> segments tables into multiple OS files.

> Actually, I didn't know.  When did you add that?

AFAICT, it's been in the code since Berkeley days; Postgres 4.2 looks
to have support for it.

            regards, tom lane

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