Steve <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
- What is temp_buffers used for exactly?

Temporary tables.  Pages of temp tables belonging to your own backend
don't ever get loaded into the main shared-buffers arena, they are read
into backend-local memory.  temp_buffers is the max amount (per backend)
of local memory to use for this purpose.

Are these only tables explicitly stated as 'temporary' (which as I recall is a create table option) or are temporary tables used for other things to like, say, nested queries or other lil in the background things?

- Any idea if this is a smart configuration for this machine?

Um ... you didn't mention which PG version?


The latest and greatest stable as downloaded a couple days ago. 8.2.3. :)


Thanks for the info!


Steve

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