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Re: [HACKERS] tables >2GB

Bruce Momjian <maillist@candle.pha.pa.us>

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From: Bruce Momjian <maillist@candle.pha.pa.us>
To: maillist@candle.pha.pa.us (Bruce Momjian)
Cc: hackers@postgreSQL.org
Date: 1998-03-19T16:19:10Z
Lists: pgsql-hackers 
> 
> Now that we know the storage manager code that splits tables over 2GB
> into separate files doesn't work(Irix), can we rip out that code and
> just use the OS code to access >2GB files as normal files.  Now, most
> OS's can support 64-bit files and file sizes.
> 
> Because it is isolated in the storage manager, it should be easy.

Can someone knowledgeable make a patch for this for our mega-patch?

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