Re: Does standalone postfrsql have autogrowth/ manual growth on table space?

[Rob Sargent <robjsargent@xxxxxxxxx>]

On 10/20/22 11:29, Ron wrote:

> On
>       10/20/22 12:19, Vince McMahon wrote:
>       
> > In other databases, there is a way to
> >         preallocate the table space to allow bulk loading of data in a
> >         well packed and continuous space.
> >         
> >         
> >         
> >         Does psql have that auto/manual growth?
> >         
> >       
>       
>       There's no pre-allocation in Postgresql.  When you run CREATE
>       TABLE, an (I think) 8KiB file is created; it grows as you add more
>       data. When it hits 1GiB in size, another table is created.  And
>       then another and another and another, etc.
>       
>       
>     
    Another "file" is
      created, I think you mean