On Mon, Jun 12, 2006 at 11:26:23AM +0530, Gourish Singbal wrote:
> Where is the pgsql_tmp folder present ?. i am unable to see it in the data
> directory of postgresql.
It will be under the *database* directory, under $PGDATA/base. SELECT
oid,* FROM pg_database; will tell you what directory to look in for your
database.
> On 6/9/06, Jim C. Nasby <jnasby@pervasive.com> wrote:
> >
> >On Fri, Jun 09, 2006 at 02:23:04PM +0200, Domenico - Sal. F.lli Riva
> >wrote:
> >> Hello,
> >>
> >> During insert or update, potgresql write in pgsql_tmp directory and so
> >> performance are very poor.
> >
> >pgsql_tmp is used if a query runs out of work_mem, so you can try
> >increasing that.
> >
> >> My configuration is:
> >>
> >> Work mem 10240
> >>
> >> Effective_cache_size 30000
> >You're off by a factor of 10.
> >
> >> Shared buffers 9000
> >I'd suggest bumping that up to at least 30000.
> >
> >> Postgresql (RPM from official website) 8.1.0
> >
> >You should upgrade to 8.1.4. There's a number of data loss bugs waiting
> >to bite you.
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> Best,
> Gourish Singbal
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