Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) for PostgreSQL
- Last updated: Tue Sep 9 14:25:24 EDT 2003
+ Last updated: Tue Sep 9 18:42:51 EDT 2003
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 increased
- if the default block size is increased to 32k.
+ The maximum table size and maximum number of columns can be quadrupled
+ by increasing the default block size to 32k.
4.6) How much database disk space is required to store data from a typical
text file?
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<H1>Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) for PostgreSQL</H1>
- <P>Last updated: Tue Sep 9 14:25:24 EDT 2003</P>
+ <P>Last updated: Tue Sep 9 18:42:51 EDT 2003</P>
<P>Current maintainer: Bruce Momjian (<A href=
"mailto:pgman@candle.pha.pa.us">pgman@candle.pha.pa.us</A>)<BR>
important.</P>
<P>The maximum table size and maximum number of columns can be
- increased if the default block size is increased to 32k.</P>
+ quadrupled by increasing the default block size to 32k.</P>
<H4><A name="4.6">4.6</A>) How much database disk space is required
to store data from a typical text file?</H4>