Re: Compression and on-disk sorting

From: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: Bruce Momjian <pgman(at)candle(dot)pha(dot)pa(dot)us>
Cc: Greg Stark <gsstark(at)mit(dot)edu>, "Jim C(dot) Nasby" <jnasby(at)pervasive(dot)com>, Martijn van Oosterhout <kleptog(at)svana(dot)org>, Andrew Dunstan <andrew(at)dunslane(dot)net>, Rod Taylor <pg(at)rbt(dot)ca>, "Bort, Paul" <pbort(at)tmwsystems(dot)com>, pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: Compression and on-disk sorting
Date: 2006-05-18 17:42:54
Message-ID: 16105.1147974174@sss.pgh.pa.us
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Bruce Momjian <pgman(at)candle(dot)pha(dot)pa(dot)us> writes:
> Uh, TODO already has:

> o %Add a GUC variable to control the tablespace for temporary objects
> and sort files

> It could start with a random tablespace from a supplied list and
> cycle through the list.

> Do we need to add to this?

The list bit strikes me as lily-gilding, or at least designing features
well beyond proven need.

regards, tom lane

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