On Tue, Aug 28, 2012 at 10:51 PM, Tatsuo Ishii <ishii@postgresql.org> wrote:
>> pg_largeobject.pageno is a signed int, so I don't think we can let it go
>> past 2^31-1, so half that.
>>
>> We could buy back the other bit if we redefined the column as oid
>> instead of int4 (to make it unsigned), but I think that would create
>> fairly considerable risk of confusion between the loid and pageno
>> columns (loid already being oid). I'd just as soon not go there,
>> at least not till we start seeing actual field complaints about
>> 4TB being paltry ;-)
>
> Agreed. 4TB should be enough.
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