| From: | Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us> |
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| To: | josh(at)agliodbs(dot)com |
| Cc: | pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org, Peter Eisentraut <peter_e(at)gmx(dot)net> |
| Subject: | Re: GUC and postgresql.conf docs |
| Date: | 2003-05-13 23:37:36 |
| Message-ID: | 19361.1052869056@sss.pgh.pa.us |
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Josh Berkus <josh(at)agliodbs(dot)com> writes:
> While I'm writing this guide ... where does PostgreSQL store temp files for
> queires which are too large for sort_mem?
Each database has a temp directory. I think it's called
$PGDATA/base/DBOID/pgsql_tmp. You can replace that subdirectory by a
symlink if you want to put temp files someplace else.
regards, tom lane
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