Re: 7.3.4 vacuum/analyze error

On Wednesday September 29 2004 8:33, Ed L. wrote:
> On Wednesday September 29 2004 5:17, Tom Lane wrote:
> > "Ed L." <pgsql(at)bluepolka(dot)net> writes:
> > > I'm getting a slew of these repeatable errors when running ANALYZE
> > > and/or VACUUM ANALYZE (from an autovacuum process) against a
> > > 7.3.4 cluster on HP-UX B.11.00:
> > >
> > > 2004-09-29 18:14:53.621 [520] ERROR: Memory exhausted in
> > > AllocSetAlloc(1189)
> > >
> > > Analyze: 132263832 total in 27 blocks; 2984 free (35 chunks);
> > > 132260848 used
> >
> > Either increase your per-process memory limit, or reduce the statistics
> > targets for this table ...
>
> What am I missing?
>
> $ ulimit -a
> memory(kbytes) unlimited
>
> $ psql -c "select name, setting from pg_settings" | egrep stats_
> stats_block_level | off
> stats_command_string | off
> stats_reset_on_server_start | on
> stats_row_level | off
> stats_start_collector | on
>
> $ psql -c "analyze audit"
> ERROR: Memory exhausted in AllocSetAlloc(1189)

We actually count on those stats (stats_row_level?) in order to effectively
autovacuum based on real changes, so turning them off would not be good.
Is this a bug fixed in a later versions? What might be triggering this?
The only thing I see in common is that all the tables are frequently
updated...

Ed