Horton

Re: 7 hrs for a pg_restore?

Erik Jones <erik@myemma.com>

View thread
From: Erik Jones <erik@myemma.com>
To: Gregory Stark <stark@enterprisedb.com>
Cc: "Douglas J Hunley" <doug@hunley.homeip.net>, "Jeff" <threshar@threshar.is-a-geek.com>, "Tom Lane" <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>, "Richard Huxton" <dev@archonet.com>, <pgsql-performance@postgresql.org>
Date: 2008-02-20T16:27:32Z
Lists: pgsql-performance 
On Feb 20, 2008, at 8:14 AM, Gregory Stark wrote:

> "Douglas J Hunley" <doug@hunley.homeip.net> writes:
>
>> On Tuesday 19 February 2008 16:32:02 Erik Jones wrote:
>>> pg_restore is a postgres client app that uses libpq to connect and,
>>> thus, will pick up anything in your $PGOPTIONS env variable.  So,
>>>
>>> PGOPTONS="-c maintenance_work_mem=512MB" && pg_restore ....
>>
>> now that's just plain cool
>>
>> /me updates our wiki
>
> I would suggest leaving out the && which only obfuscate what's  
> going on here.
>
> PGOPTIONS=... pg_restore ...
>
> would work just as well and be clearer about what's going on.

Right, that's just an unnecessary habit of mine.

Erik Jones

DBA | Emma®
erik@myemma.com
800.595.4401 or 615.292.5888
615.292.0777 (fax)

Emma helps organizations everywhere communicate & market in style.
Visit us online at http://www.myemma.com