Patrick Rotsaert <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I did a vacuum analyze, now the explain gives different results.
> pointspp=# explain select trid, count(*) from pptran group by trid > having count(*) > 1; > QUERY PLAN > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > GroupAggregate (cost=9842885.29..10840821.57 rows=36288592 width=18) > Filter: (count(*) > 1) > -> Sort (cost=9842885.29..9933606.77 rows=36288592 width=18) > Sort Key: trid > -> Seq Scan on pptran (cost=0.00..1039725.92 rows=36288592 > width=18) > (5 rows) OK that looks more reasonable. > pointspp=# select trid, count(*) from pptran group by trid having > count(*) > 1; > ERROR: could not write block 661572 of temporary file: No space left on > device > HINT: Perhaps out of disk space? > I have 5.1GB of free disk space. If this is the cause, I have a > problem... or is there another way to extract (and remove) duplicate rows? Time to buy more disk :-( regards, tom lane ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 5: don't forget to increase your free space map settings