Re: Big databases vs small databases - Mailing list pgsql-novice

From Wim
Subject Re: Big databases vs small databases
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In response to Big databases vs small databases  ("Sugrue, Sean" <Sean.Sugrue@analog.com>)
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Hi Sean,

It depends on how your table is build. If it is a table without indexes
and constraints, it doesn't matter how big your DB is. It also depends on
how you insert them: an insert takes longer than a copy and if you use
insert it takes longer if you have autocommit enabled.
I have tables that I fill with the copy command. Those tables contain more
than 160 million records and it still goes quite fast.

I hope that I'm right, because these are only thoughts. I didn't perform
any tests. The specialists may correct me if I'm wrong :-)
If I'm right, it was my pleasure to help you :-)

Cheers!

Wim

On Tue, 17 Feb 2004, Sugrue, Sean wrote:

> Stupid question. Does it take longer to add records to a large database as oppose to a smaller one?
> Intuitively I would think so, but I just don't know reason. Has anyone performed any tests to find out
> if its a linear relationship or does it go up exponentially?
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