Re: [HACKERS] tables >2GB

Vadim B. Mikheev <vadim@sable.krasnoyarsk.su>

From: "Vadim B. Mikheev" <vadim@sable.krasnoyarsk.su>
To: Bruce Momjian <maillist@candle.pha.pa.us>
Cc: PostgreSQL-development <hackers@postgreSQL.org>
Date: 1998-01-29T07:25:18Z
Lists: pgsql-hackers
Bruce Momjian wrote:
> 
> 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.

Someday we'll get TABLESPACEs and fixed multi-chunk code could
allow to store chunks in different TABLESPACEs created on _different
disks_ - imho, ability to store a table on > 1 disk is good thing.

And so, I would suggest just add elog(ERROR) to mdextend() now,
with recommendation to increase RELSEG_SIZE...

Vadim