"Luke Lonergan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I would only suggest that we replace the existing algorithm with one that > will work regardless of (reasonable) memory requirements. Perhaps we can > agree that at least 1MB of RAM for external sorting will always be available > and proceed from there?
If you can sort indefinitely large amounts of data with 1MB work_mem, go for it. regards, tom lane ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 2: Don't 'kill -9' the postmaster