Re: Why postgresql 8.3.5 created temporary files of size less then work_mem on disk ?

From: Michael Monnerie <michael(dot)monnerie(at)is(dot)it-management(dot)at>
To: pgsql-admin(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: Why postgresql 8.3.5 created temporary files of size less then work_mem on disk ?
Date: 2009-05-06 19:25:30
Message-ID: 200905062125.34529@zmi.at
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On Mittwoch 06 Mai 2009 Yves D'Astous wrote:
> So in what case temporary file of size less then work_mem are created
> on disk ?

I'd say when you have a complex query needing 5x 100MB for sorts, which
might be the case. But I'm no expert.

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