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Re: Idea about better configuration options for sort memory

scott.marlowe <scott.marlowe@ihs.com>

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From: "scott.marlowe" <scott.marlowe@ihs.com>
To: Greg Stark <gsstark@mit.edu>
Cc: <pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org>
Date: 2004-02-12T16:18:53Z
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On 12 Feb 2004, Greg Stark wrote:

> Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us> writes:
> 
> > > Hmmm ... maybe query_work_mem and maintenance_work_mem, or something 
> > > similar?
> > 
> > I'll go with these unless someone has another proposal ...
> 
> dml_sort_mem and ddl_sort_mem ?

I like those.  Are they an accurte representation of what's going on?  If 
so, I'd go with these, as they are more easily recognizable by folks 
who've worked with dbs for a while.  On the other hand, they're probably 
less recognizable to the newbies.