Re: is there any backend (server) timeout undocumented?

From: Martijn van Oosterhout <kleptog(at)svana(dot)org>
To: NunoACHenriques <nach(at)fct(dot)unl(dot)pt>
Cc: pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: is there any backend (server) timeout undocumented?
Date: 2002-05-28 02:22:59
Message-ID: 20020528122259.A4608@svana.org
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On Sat, May 25, 2002 at 07:39:02PM +0100, NunoACHenriques wrote:
> Hi!
>
> I have sended the message below to pgadmin-support (by mistake I
> think) and to pgsql-hackers but receive no answers... I hope you can help me
> on this...
>
> Is there any server timeout that is undocumented?
>
> I've issued a query like the one below and the server timed out after
> 120min (+/-). The query "construct_warehouse()" can last well above the
> 120min because it fills a table with millions of tuples... I really believe
> in PostgreSQL! :-)

Sounds to me like you're running out of memory. What version of postgres are
you using? What does ps aux show while the query is running.

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