Re: WIP - Add ability to constrain backend temporary file space

Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>

From: Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>
To: Mark Kirkwood <mark.kirkwood@catalyst.net.nz>
Cc: Robert Haas <robertmhaas@gmail.com>, PostgreSQL-development <pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org>
Date: 2011-02-18T21:41:23Z
Lists: pgsql-hackers
Mark Kirkwood <mark.kirkwood@catalyst.net.nz> writes:
> Added. With respect to the datatype, using int with KB units means the 
> largest temp size is approx 2047GB - I know that seems like a lot now... 
> but maybe someone out there wants (say) their temp files limited to 
> 4096GB :-)

[ shrug... ]  Sorry, I can't imagine a use case for this parameter where
the value isn't a *lot* less than that.  Maybe if it were global, but
not if it's per-backend.

			regards, tom lane