Re: BUG #13974: temp_file_limit effects vacuum

From: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: Alvaro Herrera <alvherre(at)2ndquadrant(dot)com>
Cc: andreas(dot)papst(at)univie(dot)ac(dot)at, pgsql-bugs(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: BUG #13974: temp_file_limit effects vacuum
Date: 2016-02-19 20:04:25
Message-ID: 26461.1455912265@sss.pgh.pa.us
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Alvaro Herrera <alvherre(at)2ndquadrant(dot)com> writes:
> andreas(dot)papst(at)univie(dot)ac(dot)at wrote:
>> I'm pretty sure, it works as intended, but maybe it is useful to other
>> postgres users too to have stated in the description of
>> temp_file_limit
>> that this value effects vacuum runs too:
>> vacuumdb: vacuuming of database "test" failed: ERROR: temporary file
>> size exceeds temp_file_limit (2097152kB)

> This seems like a bug to me.

I don't know what vacuum would be doing that would involve creating
temp files at all. Seems like we need more information here.

regards, tom lane

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