Re: Idea about better configuration options for sort memory

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

From: Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>
To: Joe Conway <mail@joeconway.com>
Cc: pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org
Date: 2004-02-01T17:35:47Z
Lists: pgsql-hackers
Joe Conway <mail@joeconway.com> writes:
> Tom Lane wrote:
>> BTW, does anyone want to lobby for renaming sort_mem at the same time?
>> Since it's used for sizing hash tables as well as sort workspace, it's
>> rather misnamed.  I hesitate to rename it because of the potential for
>> confusion though.  People are pretty used to the existing name.

> Hmmm ... maybe query_work_mem and maintenance_work_mem, or something 
> similar?

I'll go with these unless someone has another proposal ...

			regards, tom lane