Bert <bier...@gmail.com> writes:
> These are my memory settings:
> work_mem = 4GB

> How is it possible that one connection (query) uses all the ram? And how
> can I avoid it?

Uh ... don't do the above.  work_mem is the allowed memory consumption
per query step, ie per hash or sort operation.  A complex query can
easily use multiples of work_mem.

                        regards, tom lane


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