Re: Max number of rows in a table - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From Stephan Szabo
Subject Re: Max number of rows in a table
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Msg-id 20031201080822.D45949@megazone.bigpanda.com
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In response to Max number of rows in a table  (ow <oneway_111@yahoo.com>)
Responses Re: Max number of rows in a table  (Greg Stark <gsstark@mit.edu>)
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On Mon, 1 Dec 2003, ow wrote:

> > --- Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us> wrote:
> > Actually you can only have 4 billion SQL commands per xid, because the
> > CommandId datatype is also just 32 bits.  I've never heard of anyone
> > running into that limit, though.
> >
>
> Wouldn't the above put a limit on a number of records one could have in table?
> One have to use pg_dump/pg_restore to be able to upgrade between pgSql releases
> and/or to backup data. If one cannot backup data and/or upgrade between pg
> releases, then 4B records is the effective limit on the number of records in
> pgSql ... or am I missing something?

I'd expect copy to be a single command, no matter how many rows were
copied.



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