Re: hash index improving v3

From: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: Simon Riggs <simon(at)2ndQuadrant(dot)com>
Cc: "Jonah H(dot) Harris" <jonah(dot)harris(at)gmail(dot)com>, Alex Hunsaker <badalex(at)gmail(dot)com>, Kenneth Marshall <ktm(at)rice(dot)edu>, Xiao Meng <mx(dot)cogito(at)gmail(dot)com>, Zdenek Kotala <Zdenek(dot)Kotala(at)sun(dot)com>, pgsql-patches(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: hash index improving v3
Date: 2008-09-23 12:16:34
Message-ID: 25193.1222172194@sss.pgh.pa.us
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Simon Riggs <simon(at)2ndQuadrant(dot)com> writes:
> maintenance_work_mem is already used for 3 separate operations that bear
> little resemblance to each other. If it's appropriate for all of those
> then its appropriate for this usage also.

No, it isn't.

The fundamental point here is that this isn't a memory allocation
parameter; it's a switchover threshold between two different behaviors.

regards, tom lane

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