Re: 9.5: Memory-bounded HashAgg

From: Atri Sharma <atri(dot)jiit(at)gmail(dot)com>
To: Jeff Davis <pgsql(at)j-davis(dot)com>
Cc: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>, Tomas Vondra <tv(at)fuzzy(dot)cz>, "pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org" <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: 9.5: Memory-bounded HashAgg
Date: 2014-08-14 16:02:10
Message-ID: CAOeZVifhtGQyFKM2dmH3wiTQQ5MZ+pj9RZN7UqmNvF39+ccgMA@mail.gmail.com
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On Thursday, August 14, 2014, Jeff Davis <pgsql(at)j-davis(dot)com> wrote:

> On Thu, 2014-08-14 at 10:06 -0400, Tom Lane wrote:
> > If you're following the HashJoin model, then what you do is the same
> thing
> > it does: you write the input tuple back out to the pending batch file for
> > the hash partition that now contains key 1001, whence it will be
> processed
> > when you get to that partition. I don't see that there's any special
> case
> > here.
>
> HashJoin only deals with tuples. With HashAgg, you have to deal with a
> mix of tuples and partially-computed aggregate state values. Not
> impossible, but it is a little more awkward than HashJoin.
>
>
+1

Not to mention future cases if we start maintaining multiple state
values,in regarded to grouping sets.

Regards,

Atri

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Regards,

Atri
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