On Thu, 12 Jun 2003, u15074 wrote:
> If I am right, for every table in a postgres database a file with a certain
> number is created in the postgres data directory for the according database.
>
> So my question is, if the maximum size of a table is limited by the maximum file
> size of the underlying filesystem (e.g. 2GB for ufs). Or will a new file be
> created if the limit is reached?
Good news, it's not. As of about 7.2, postgresql started splitting all
it's datafiles at the 1 gig point. so, you'll have files like this in
your base directory:
19283
19283.1
19283.2
as your table grows. Sweet, huh? :-)
