Marti wrote: > Gentoo defaults to launching PostgreSQL 8.2 with "-N 40 -B 80" which > is how I hit this problem; this was set in a distro-specific > configuration file which I previously hadn't even looked at. Does this > mean that these defaults are insane and I should complain loudly?
Why waste time complaining? Jump ship before you drown. Are there some boats left? FWIW the Gentoo packaging of Postgres has historically been more broken than I care to remember. We reported a couple of serious bugs and due to a complete silence as response I stopped wasting my with it. -- Alvaro Herrera http://www.CommandPrompt.com/ PostgreSQL Replication, Consulting, Custom Development, 24x7 support ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 9: In versions below 8.0, the planner will ignore your desire to choose an index scan if your joining column's datatypes do not match
