>
>
> >
> >Running postgresql in interactive mode shows that for each query I
> >type there is memory lost. The exact amount of memory lost depends on
> >the query I use. The amount of memory not freed is also a function
> >of the number of tuples returned.
> >
>
> Oops, it seems some palloced memory is not freed by pfree but
> using some other function(s).
> My mistake, sorry.
>
One thing I have found is that:
select * from test where 1=0;
do not leak memory while
select * from test where x=-999;
does leak memory, even though neither returns any rows. Strange. Would
seem to point to the optimizer or executor.
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