On Mon, Jun 13, 2011 at 10:29 AM, Dinesh Bhandary <dbhandary(at)iii(dot)com> wrote:
> Hi All -
>
> Is there a way to change work_mem for a session in postgres without
> restarting a database? Please let me know.
In addition the standard set work_mem='512MB'; listed above, you can
make such changes sticky for a user or a database:
alter user bubba set work_mem='1000MB';
alter database reports set work_mem='256MB';