Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) for PostgreSQL
- Last updated: Sun Apr 2 23:39:13 EDT 2006
+ Last updated: Sun Apr 2 23:40:12 EDT 2006
Current maintainer: Bruce Momjian (pgman@candle.pha.pa.us)
from the operating system. Large tables are stored as multiple 1 GB
files so file system size limits are not important.
- The maximum table size and maximum number of columns can be quadrupled
- by increasing the default block size to 32k.
+ The maximum table size, row size, and maximum number of columns can be
+ quadrupled by increasing the default block size to 32k.
One limitation is that indexes can not be created on columns longer
than about 2,000 characters. Fortunately, such indexes are rarely
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<H1>Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) for PostgreSQL</H1>
- <P>Last updated: Sun Apr 2 23:39:13 EDT 2006</P>
+ <P>Last updated: Sun Apr 2 23:40:12 EDT 2006</P>
<P>Current maintainer: Bruce Momjian (<A href=
"mailto:pgman@candle.pha.pa.us">pgman@candle.pha.pa.us</A>)
multiple 1 GB files so file system size limits are not
important.</P>
- <P>The maximum table size and maximum number of columns can be
- quadrupled by increasing the default block size to 32k.</P>
+ <P>The maximum table size, row size, and maximum number of columns
+ can be quadrupled by increasing the default block size to 32k.</P>
<P>One limitation is that indexes can not be created on columns
longer than about 2,000 characters. Fortunately, such indexes are