From: | Richard Huxton <dev(at)archonet(dot)com> |
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To: | Clemens Schwaighofer <clemens(dot)schwaighofer(at)tequila(dot)jp> |
Cc: | pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org |
Subject: | Re: how to avoid that a postgres session eats up all the memory |
Date: | 2009-01-22 10:11:54 |
Message-ID: | 4978466A.5030407@archonet.com |
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Clemens Schwaighofer wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I just literally trashed my test server with one delete statement
> because the psql used up all its memory and started to swap like crazy.
>
> my delete looked like this
>
> DELETE FROM table_foo WHERE bar_id IN (SELECT DISTINCT bar_id FROM bar
> LEFT JOIN ... LEFT JOIN ... LEFT JOIN .... WHERE table.bar_id IS NULL
> AND ...)
Is it your psql client or PostgreSQL backend that used up all the
memory? I can't see how a DELETE can use up memory in psql.
> so basically it runs a select to see what entries do not have any
> reference data and then should delete them all.
>
> Now, my question is. How can I setup postgres to not use up all the
> memory and then make the server useless. How can I set it up, so it dies
> with "out of memory" before I have to restart the server.
You shouldn't need to restart the server at all - what operating system
are you running?
What memory settings are you using? How much RAM do you have? How much
do you want to keep for other applications?
--
Richard Huxton
Archonet Ltd
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