Now, what should we call it instead? I haven't come up with any compelling thoughts --- the best I can do is "big_sort_mem" or "single_sort_mem". Surely someone out there has a better idea.
BTW, does anyone want to lobby for renaming sort_mem at the same time? Since it's used for sizing hash tables as well as sort workspace, it's rather misnamed. I hesitate to rename it because of the potential for confusion though. People are pretty used to the existing name.
Hmmm ... maybe query_work_mem and maintenance_work_mem, or something similar?
Joe
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