Query Fails with error calloc - Cannot alocate memory

Hi ...

I am trying to run a query that selects 26 million rows from a
table with 68 byte rows.

When run on the Server via psql the following error occurs:

calloc : Cannot allocate memory

When run via ODBC from Cognos Framework Manager only works
if we limit the retrieval to 3 million rows.

I notice that the memory used by the query when run on the Server
increases
to about 2.4 GB before the query fails.

Postgres version is 7.3.4

Running on Linux Redhat 7.2

4 GB memory

7 Processor 2.5 Ghz

Shmmax set to 2 GB

Configuration Parameters

Shared Buffers 12 288
Max Connections 16
Wal buffers 24
Sort Mem 40960
Vacuum Mem 80192
Checkpoint Timeout 600
Enable Seqscan false
Effective Cache Size 200000

Results of explain analyze and expain analyze verbose:

explain analyze select * from flash_by_branches;
QUERY
PLAN
------------------------------------------------------------------------
----------------------------------------------------------------------
Seq Scan on flash_by_branches (cost=100000000.00..100567542.06
rows=26854106 width=68) (actual time=12.14..103936.35 rows=26854106
loops=1)
Total runtime: 122510.02 msec
(2 rows)

explain analyze verbose:

{ SEQSCAN
:startup_cost 100000000.00
:total_cost 100567542.06
:rows 26854106
:width 68
:qptargetlist (
{ TARGETENTRY
:resdom
{ RESDOM
:resno 1
:restype 1043
:restypmod 8
:resname br_code
:reskey 0
:reskeyop 0
:ressortgroupref 0
:resjunk false
}

:expr
{ VAR
:varno 1
:varattno 1
:vartype 1043
:vartypmod 8
:varlevelsup 0
:varnoold 1
:varoattno 1
}
}

{ TARGETENTRY
:resdom
{ RESDOM
:resno 2
:restype 23
:restypmod -1
:resname fty_code
:reskey 0
:reskeyop 0
:ressortgroupref 0
:resjunk false
}

:expr
{ VAR
:varno 1
:varattno 2
:vartype 23
:vartypmod -1
:varlevelsup 0
:varnoold 1
:varoattno 2
}
}

{ TARGETENTRY
:resdom
{ RESDOM
:resno 3
:restype 1082
:restypmod -1
:resname period
:reskey 0
:reskeyop 0
:ressortgroupref 0
:resjunk false
}

:expr
{ VAR
:varno 1
:varattno 3
:vartype 1082
:vartypmod -1
:varlevelsup 0
:varnoold 1
:varoattno 3
}
}

{ TARGETENTRY
:resdom
{ RESDOM
:resno 4
:restype 1700
:restypmod 786436
:resname value
:reskey 0
:reskeyop 0
:ressortgroupref 0
:resjunk false
}

:expr
{ VAR
:varno 1
:varattno 4
:vartype 1700
:vartypmod 786436
:varlevelsup 0
:varnoold 1
:varoattno 4
}
}

{ TARGETENTRY
:resdom
{ RESDOM
:resno 7
:restype 1700
:restypmod 786438
:resname value1
:reskey 0
:reskeyop 0
:ressortgroupref 0
:resjunk false
}

:expr
{ VAR
:varno 1
:varattno 7
:vartype 1700
:vartypmod 786438
:varlevelsup 0
:varnoold 1
:varoattno 7
}
}
)

:qpqual <>
:lefttree <>
:righttree <>
:extprm ()

:locprm ()

:initplan <>
:nprm 0
:scanrelid 1
}

Seq Scan on flash_by_branches (cost=100000000.00..100567542.06
rows=26854106 width=68) (actual time=6.59..82501.15 rows=2685
4106 loops=1)
Total runtime: 102089.00 msec
(196 rows)

Please assist.

Thanks,
Howard Oblowitz

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