X-Original-To: pgsql-sql-postgresql.org@postgresql.org Received: from localhost (wm.hub.org [200.46.204.128]) by postgresql.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1BC249FB39D for ; Tue, 15 Aug 2006 07:36:42 -0300 (ADT) Received: from postgresql.org ([200.46.204.71]) by localhost (mx1.hub.org [200.46.204.128]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id 42724-01 for ; Tue, 15 Aug 2006 10:36:31 +0000 (UTC) X-Greylist: from auto-whitelisted by SQLgrey- Received: from main2.mycybernet.net (main2.mycybernet.net [209.222.63.140]) by postgresql.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9FBCC9FB1FB for ; Tue, 15 Aug 2006 07:36:31 -0300 (ADT) Received: from 227-54-222-209.mycybernet.net ([209.222.54.227] helo=phlogiston.dydns.org) by main2.mycybernet.net with esmtp (Exim 4.62) (envelope-from ) id 1GCwTp-0005TA-CY for pgsql-sql@postgresql.org; Tue, 15 Aug 2006 06:49:05 -0400 Received: by phlogiston.dydns.org (Postfix, from userid 1000) id BCEDA4172; Tue, 15 Aug 2006 06:36:24 -0400 (EDT) Date: Tue, 15 Aug 2006 06:36:24 -0400 From: Andrew Sullivan To: pgsql-sql@postgresql.org Subject: Re: Multiple DB join Message-ID: <20060815103624.GA21634@phlogiston.dyndns.org> References: <44E0EA72.2090505@indiana.edu> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <44E0EA72.2090505@indiana.edu> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.9i X-Virus-Scanned: Maia Mailguard 1.0.1 X-Spam-Status: No, hits=0.135 tagged_above=0 required=5 tests=FORGED_RCVD_HELO X-Spam-Level: X-Archive-Number: 200608/102 X-Sequence-Number: 26060 On Mon, Aug 14, 2006 at 05:26:10PM -0400, Sumeet Ambre wrote: > Hi All, > > I have a database which consists of 20 million records and I've split up > the db into 6-7 dbs. You can do this (as someone suggested with dblink), but I'm wondering why the split? 20 million records isn't very big. A -- Andrew Sullivan | ajs@crankycanuck.ca Unfortunately reformatting the Internet is a little more painful than reformatting your hard drive when it gets out of whack. --Scott Morris