1) Do I understand it correctly that cross database queries are not possible? Two dbs on the same server are used in this case. 2) What's the difference between unlimited length varchar and text columns? I am mostly interested in performance, namely = 'blah' and like '%blah%' queries over these column types. 3) Will adding "deferrable" to FKs that reference very large tables speed up insert performance for individual inserts? for multiple inserts within a single transaction? Thanks ;)