Re: VACUUM FULL out of memory

From: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: Sam Mason <sam(at)samason(dot)me(dot)uk>
Cc: pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: VACUUM FULL out of memory
Date: 2008-01-08 18:45:26
Message-ID: 11724.1199817926@sss.pgh.pa.us
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Sam Mason <sam(at)samason(dot)me(dot)uk> writes:
> On Tue, Jan 08, 2008 at 12:33:34PM -0500, Tom Lane wrote:
>> The only thing I find convincing is to insert "ulimit -a >someplace"
>> into the script that starts the postmaster,

> What about a stored procedure in a language that allows you to do
> system(3) calls?

Yeah, that would work, if you have any untrusted languages installed.

regards, tom lane

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