toruvinn wrote: > On Wed, 15 Jul 2009 16:02:09 +0200, Alvaro Herrera > <alvherre@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: >> My bet is on the pg_auth flat file. I doubt we have ever tested the >> behavior of that code with 1 billion users ... > I was always wondering, though, why PostgreSQL uses this approach and not > its catalogs. It does use the catalog for most things. THe flatfile is used for the situations where the catalogs are not yet ready to be read. -- Alvaro Herrera http://www.CommandPrompt.com/ The PostgreSQL Company - Command Prompt, Inc. -- Sent via pgsql-performance mailing list (pgsql-performance@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-performance
