Re: GUC and postgresql.conf docs

From: Bruce Momjian <pgman(at)candle(dot)pha(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: josh(at)agliodbs(dot)com
Cc: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>, pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org, Peter Eisentraut <peter_e(at)gmx(dot)net>
Subject: Re: GUC and postgresql.conf docs
Date: 2003-05-15 03:38:34
Message-ID: 200305150338.h4F3cYW03745@candle.pha.pa.us
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Josh Berkus wrote:
> Tom, Peter,
>
> While I'm writing this guide ... where does PostgreSQL store temp files for
> queires which are too large for sort_mem? I can't seem to find docs on
> this.

They exist under each database directory in /pgsql_tmp.

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