Re: Memory usage / concept

From: Jakub Ouhrabka <jouh8664(at)ss1000(dot)ms(dot)mff(dot)cuni(dot)cz>
To: Valerie Schneider DSI/DEV <Valerie(dot)Schneider(at)meteo(dot)fr>
Cc: pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: Memory usage / concept
Date: 2002-08-05 14:07:36
Message-ID: Pine.LNX.4.44.0208051601230.7152-100000@server
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> >i think it's your client (psql) what's actually crashing. it's attempting
>
> Yes it is. But without using a cursor (and even if this kind of query isn't
> recommended) is there any solution to limit the use of the memory by PG itself
> (as for Oracle) ?

if you want to limit memory usage of psql (the client program), use
standard *nix tools - there isn't anything i know about in config etc...
if you want to limit memory usage of postgresql server itself, use
configuration parametrs shared_buffers and sort_mem. see:
http://www.postgresql.org/idocs/index.php?runtime-config.html

kuba

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