Tom Lane wrote: >There's a separate question about *why* such a simple query is chewing >up so much memory. What query
plandoes EXPLAIN show for your test >query?
I can show a similar problem.
>You said this was with current sources, right?
This is with current sources: I managed to kill the backend before
it had used up all swap. If left to run on 6.5.3 or CVS as of 2
weeks back it would kill the whole machine; I haven't let it get that
far today.
bray=# explain select * from pg_operator as a, pg_operator as b;
NOTICE: QUERY PLAN:
Nested Loop (cost=12604.88 rows=258064 width=162) -> Seq Scan on pg_operator b (cost=24.76 rows=508 width=81) ->
SeqScan on pg_operator a (cost=24.76 rows=508 width=81)
EXPLAIN
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