Bruce Momjian <br...@momjian.us> writes: > On Tue, May 24, 2022 at 07:40:45PM -0400, Tom Lane wrote: >> (1) There are not a predetermined number of allocations. For example, >> if we do a given join as nestloop+inner index scan, that doesn't require >> any large amount of memory; but if we do it as merge or hash join then >> it will consume memory.
> Uh, we know from the plan whether we are doing a nestloop+inner or merge > or hash join, right? I was suggesting we look at the plan before > execution and set the proper percentage of work_mem for each node. Then you just rendered all the planner's estimates fantasies. regards, tom lane