Re: temp_file_limit parameter ignored?

Erwin Fritz <efritz(at)gljpc(dot)com> writes:

> Here's the output:
>
> select * from pg_settings where name = 'temp_file_limit';
> -[ RECORD 1 ]---+-------------------------------------------------------------------
> name | temp_file_limit
> setting | 4194304
> unit | kB
> category | Resource Usage / Disk
> short_desc | Limits the total size of all temporary files used by each session.
> extra_desc | -1 means no limit.
> context | superuser
> vartype | integer
> source | database

^^^^^

This means someone/thing said...

ALTER DATABASE $foodb SET temp_file_limit to '$whatever';

See psql \drds.

Just do an explicit override in your own job prior to the code that
errors out due to resource shortfall.

SET temp_file_limit to -1;

HTH

> min_val | -1
> max_val | 2147483647
> enumvals |
> boot_val | -1
> reset_val | 4194304
> sourcefile |
> sourceline |
> pending_restart | f
>
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> From: Tom Lane [tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us]
> Sent: August 20, 2018 09:26
> To: Erwin Fritz
> Cc: Johannes Truschnigg; pgsql-admin(at)postgresql(dot)org
> Subject: Re: temp_file_limit parameter ignored?
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> Erwin Fritz <efritz(at)gljpc(dot)com> writes:
>> Hmm. I did that, and the sourcefile and sourceline values are blank. I then ran "show config_file" and the result has the correct location of the file.
>
> What does the "source" column say?
>
> regards, tom lane
>
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