On 3/24/06, Just Someone <just.some@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Hi, > > I am creating a hosted solution that I want to base on separation by > schemas. So that each hosted family we will have, will have a schema > assigned to it (and a user). On login I will set the search path, and > so each family will see it's tables. This is all tested and works > fine. > > But I would like to know if there's a practical limit to the number of > schemas and tables I can have. Please note that I'm using table spaces > to make sure the directories are manageable. > > I tested it so far with 13000 schemas and users, with 26 tables in > each schema (a total of more that 330000 tables). It works perfectly, > but I would like to know if someone has experience with this number of > tables/schemas, and if there's a limit I should be careful of. There's no real limit. See this recent thread for details: http://archives.postgresql.org/pgsql-advocacy/2006-03/msg00082.php and http://people.planetpostgresql.org/greg/index.php?/archives/37-The-million-table-challenge.html -- Postgresql & php tutorials http://www.designmagick.com/
