Re: WARNING: out of shared memory

akp geek wrote:
> Hi All -
>
> I have been trying to drop 2000 tables using a script.
> I am getting the following error message. I have the value set
> for max_locks_per_transaction = 100 . Error message is as follows
>
> WARNING: out of shared memory
> ERROR: out of shared memory
> HINT: You might need to increase max_locks_per_transaction.
>
> ********** Error **********
>
> ERROR: out of shared memory
> SQL state: 53200
> Hint: You might need to increase max_locks_per_transaction.

is your script bracketed by BEGIN; ..... COMMIT; ?

if so, you might consider breaking it up into smaller chunks, like
BEGIN; (drop about 50 tables); COMMIT; (repeat)