Bruce Momjian <bruce@momjian.us> writes:
> Andreas Kretschmer wrote:
>> is it possible to disallow "set work_mem to ..." for regular
>> (non-superuser) users?
> We have discussed it and might offer that ability some day, but
> currently there is no way to do that. There are so many ways to mess
> things up with a bad query that we are unclear if restricting work_mem
> is really helpful.
Preventing people from setting an appropriate work_mem might well create
more denial-of-service problems than it prevents.
regards, tom lane
