Re: [PATCHES] Fix for large file support - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From Tom Lane
Subject Re: [PATCHES] Fix for large file support
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Msg-id 28766.1175900453@sss.pgh.pa.us
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In response to Re: [PATCHES] Fix for large file support  (Zdenek Kotala <Zdenek.Kotala@Sun.COM>)
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Zdenek Kotala <Zdenek.Kotala@Sun.COM> writes:
> It sounds good. There is one think for clarification (for the present). 
> How to handle buffile? It does not currently support non segmented 
> files. I suggest to use same switch to enable/disable segments there.

Do you think it really matters?  terabyte-sized temp files seem a bit
unlikely, and anyway I don't think the performance argument applies;
md.c's tendency to open all the files at once is irrelevant.
        regards, tom lane


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