Re: Open 7.4 items - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From Tom Lane
Subject Re: Open 7.4 items
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Msg-id 15910.1065398294@sss.pgh.pa.us
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In response to Re: Open 7.4 items  (Bruce Momjian <pgman@candle.pha.pa.us>)
Responses Re: Open 7.4 items  (Bruce Momjian <pgman@candle.pha.pa.us>)
Re: Open 7.4 items  (Neil Conway <neilc@samurai.com>)
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Bruce Momjian <pgman@candle.pha.pa.us> writes:
> Tom Lane wrote:
>> It'd clearly be worth our while to mention boosting sort_mem as a
>> helpful thing to do during bulk data load --- it should speed up
>> btree index creation too.  I don't think that tip appears anywhere
>> in the docs at the moment.

> Added recently, see last sentence:

That's a fairly useless place to put it, though, since someone would
only think to look at sort_mem if they already had a clue.  It should
be mentioned under bulk data load (in performance tips chapter) and
perhaps also in dump/restore procedures.
        regards, tom lane


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