These are the limits:
Maximum size for a database? unlimited (60GB databases exist)
-Maximum size for a table? unlimited on all operating systems
+Maximum size for a table? 64 TB on all operating systems
Maximum size for a row? unlimited in 7.1 and later
+Maximum size for a field? 1GB in 7.1 and later
Maximum number of rows in a table? unlimited
-Maximum number of columns in a table? unlimited
+Maximum number of columns in a table? 1600
Maximum number of indexes on a table? unlimited
Of course, these are not actually unlimited, but limited to available
- disk space.
+ disk space and memory/swap space. Performance may suffer when these
+ values get unusually large.
4.7) How much database disk space is required to store data from a typical
text file?
<P>These are the limits:</P>
<PRE>
Maximum size for a database? unlimited (60GB databases exist)
-Maximum size for a table? unlimited on all operating systems
+Maximum size for a table? 64 TB on all operating systems
Maximum size for a row? unlimited in 7.1 and later
+Maximum size for a field? 1GB in 7.1 and later
Maximum number of rows in a table? unlimited
-Maximum number of columns in a table? unlimited
+Maximum number of columns in a table? 1600
Maximum number of indexes on a table? unlimited
</PRE>
Of course, these are not actually unlimited, but limited to
- available disk space.
+ available disk space and memory/swap space. Performance may
+ suffer when these values get unusually large.
<H4><A name="4.7">4.7</A>) How much database disk space is required
to store data from a typical text file?<BR>