On Monday 09 Aug 2004 7:58 pm, Paul Serby wrote: > I've not maxed out the connections since making the changes, but I'm > still not convinced everything is running as well as it could be. I've > got some big result sets that need sorting and I'm sure I could spare a > bit more sort memory.
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You could set the sort mem for that connection before issuing the query. i.e. # set sort_mem=20000; # select * ....; And reset it back. Setting it globally is not that good. If you do it selectively, that would tune it as per your needs.. > Where does everyone get there information about the settings? I still > can't find anything that helps explain each of the settings and how you > determine there optimal settings. http://www.varlena.com/varlena/GeneralBits/Tidbits/annotated_conf_e.html http://www.varlena.com/varlena/GeneralBits/Tidbits/perf.html HTH Shridhar ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 6: Have you searched our list archives? http://archives.postgresql.org
