Re: PostgreSQL limitations question - Mailing list pgsql-general

From Mike Christensen
Subject Re: PostgreSQL limitations question
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In response to Re: PostgreSQL limitations question  (Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com>)
Responses Re: PostgreSQL limitations question  (Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com>)
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On Fri, Jul 13, 2012 at 12:05 AM, Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Fri, Jul 13, 2012 at 4:14 AM, Bartosz Dmytrak <bdmytrak@gmail.com> wrote:
>> I think there should be an explanation what *unlimited* really means.
>>
>
> Unlimited doesn't mean you can have infinite of something, but just
> that that specific attribute doesn't have its own limit. For instance,
> if I fly to England, I am allowed to carry as much sheet music with me
> as I like ("unlimited"), but there are weight limits on my total
> baggage. In theory, I could calculate exactly how many bars of music I
> could fit, at the tightest font size I can reasonably use, on the
> lightest paper, etc, etc, and thus figure out that the airline limits
> me to X amount of sheet music; but there's no actual limit on sheet
> music.

Wait, are you suggesting Olive Garden doesn't *actually* offer
unlimited breadsticks?

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