On Wed, Nov 12, 2008 at 7:36 AM, Grzegorz Jaśkiewicz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hey folks, > > Anyone knows why the "sort_mem" parametr isn't by default in postgresql.conf > file ? I had no idea it existed before, and we had some hudge queries > running 1-2 minutes here, doing all sorts on disc, adding sort_mem = 512MB > to config shortened that to 20s. These are run only ocasionaly, so the > memory won't be always used - but helps in these few cases .
sort_mem is right there. If you're running an older version of pgql. I think it turned into work_mem around 8.0 or 8.1 Are you trying to use a postgresql.conf from an older version of pgsql with a newer version of pgsql? -- Sent via pgsql-general mailing list (pgsql-general@postgresql.org) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-general
