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From Bruce Momjian
Subject Re: work_mem
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In response to work_mem  ("Campbell, Lance" <lance@illinois.edu>)
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On Wed, Mar 31, 2021 at 02:04:07PM +0000, Campbell, Lance wrote:
> PostgreSQL 12
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> 
> Is there a query that will tell us at any given time what amount of PostgreSQL
> memory is being used for work_mem?  

Well, you can look at the process memory usage via 'ps', but I don't
know a way to see current work_mem allocation.  SHOW work_mem does show
the current setting, but that isn't the allocated amount.

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