From b72ca55ed546d2d4096ec725fd5238adc0e76a53 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Bruce Momjian <bruce@momjian.us>
Date: Sat, 27 Jan 2001 20:19:34 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] Update FAQ.
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doc/FAQ | 8 +++++---
doc/src/FAQ/FAQ.html | 8 +++++---
2 files changed, 10 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)
diff --git a/doc/FAQ b/doc/FAQ
index 03413703d9e..ea8f83c3809 100644
--- a/doc/FAQ
+++ b/doc/FAQ
@@ -639,14 +639,16 @@
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?
diff --git a/doc/src/FAQ/FAQ.html b/doc/src/FAQ/FAQ.html
index 5102fc2e0fd..431456a9895 100644
--- a/doc/src/FAQ/FAQ.html
+++ b/doc/src/FAQ/FAQ.html
@@ -831,14 +831,16 @@
<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>
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