There was recently discussion about changing how allocation happens in the future. I'm pretty sure it was started by Bruce Momjian on -hackers, but I can't find it in the archives now... On Mon, Oct 31, 2005 at 03:14:13PM -0800, Tomeh, Husam wrote: > I apologize for the wrong subject in a previous post. Here it is again: > > > My understanding that the current release of Postgres does not allow > the DBA to pre-allocated space for the data files or tablespace in > advance (as Oracle or SQL Server does). Am I correct on that ? If that's > still the case, is this item on the TODO list or the white board? > Pre-allocating space will prevent extending the datafile during loading > massive data (batch processing) and would improve the overall batch > write performance. > > Thanks in advance. > > -- > Husam > > ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- > > TIP 2: Don't 'kill -9' the postmaster > > > > > > ********************************************************************** > This message contains confidential information intended only for the > use of the addressee(s) named above and may contain information that > is legally privileged. If you are not the addressee, or the person > responsible for delivering it to the addressee, you are hereby > notified that reading, disseminating, distributing or copying this > message is strictly prohibited. If you have received this message by > mistake, please immediately notify us by replying to the message and > delete the original message immediately thereafter. > > Thank you. FADLD Tag > ********************************************************************** -- Jim C. Nasby, Sr. Engineering Consultant jnasby@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Pervasive Software http://pervasive.com work: 512-231-6117 vcard: http://jim.nasby.net/pervasive.vcf cell: 512-569-9461 ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 2: Don't 'kill -9' the postmaster
