Re: [HACKERS] sorting big tables :(

Marc G. Fournier <scrappy@hub.org>

From: The Hermit Hacker <scrappy@hub.org>

To: Bruce Momjian <maillist@candle.pha.pa.us>

Cc: tom@sdf.com, mimo@interdata.com.pl, PostgreSQL-development <hackers@postgreSQL.org>

Date: 1998-05-20T17:28:07Z

Lists: pgsql-hackers

On Wed, 20 May 1998, Bruce Momjian wrote:

> > 	Okay, then we have two different understandings of this.  My
> > understanding was that the 10% reserve gave the OS a 'temp area' in which
> > to move blocks to/from so that it could defrag on the fly...
> > 
> > 	Am CC'ng this into freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org for a "third
> > opinion"...am willing to admit I'm wrong *grin*
> 
> You are wrong.

	I just love short answers *roll eyes*