Re: Maximum Number Tables - Mailing list pgsql-admin

From Tom Lane
Subject Re: Maximum Number Tables
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Msg-id 22272.1082072021@sss.pgh.pa.us
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In response to Re: Maximum Number Tables  (Robert Treat <xzilla@users.sourceforge.net>)
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Robert Treat <xzilla@users.sourceforge.net> writes:
> On Mon, 2004-04-12 at 00:28, Ashvinder Singh wrote:
>> What is the maximum number of tables I can have in a PGSql Database,
>> without affecting performance?

> The number of tables is irrelevant,

Not necessarily ... if you are using a filesystem in which directory
lookups in large directories are inefficient, you could have a problem,
since each table will correspond to a file within the database
directory.  If you're planning on having more than a few thousand
tables you'll want to choose a filesystem that copes well with large
directories.

But having said that, an application that needs several thousand
distinct tables is usually an application that needs a redesign.
Consider folding the data into fewer tables with more key columns.

            regards, tom lane

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