Re: Is the max size of a table limited by the max file

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? :-)