Re: Memory Usage

From: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: Andrew Nosenko <awn(at)bcs(dot)zp(dot)ua>
Cc: pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: Memory Usage
Date: 2000-12-11 17:52:48
Message-ID: 7812.976557168@sss.pgh.pa.us
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Andrew Nosenko <awn(at)bcs(dot)zp(dot)ua> writes:
> When SELECT is executing Postgres (7.0.3) allocate how many memory as
> need for store full result set of query.

The *client* does that (if it uses libpq). Not the server. A user can
only crash his own client if he retrieves an oversize result set.

regards, tom lane

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