Re: ERROR: out of free buffers: time to abort! - Mailing list pgsql-general

From Tom Lane
Subject Re: ERROR: out of free buffers: time to abort!
Date
Msg-id 404.1048202078@sss.pgh.pa.us
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In response to Re: ERROR: out of free buffers: time to abort!  (Joseph Shraibman <jks@selectacast.net>)
Responses Re: ERROR: out of free buffers: time to abort!  (Joseph Shraibman <jks@selectacast.net>)
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Joseph Shraibman <jks@selectacast.net> writes:
> My update looks like:
> UPDATE tablename SET intfield = 2 WHERE keyfield IN( ... )

> If I lowered the number of items in the IN() then I didn't get the error, but what that
> number is is a moving target.  205 used to work a few minutes ago, but now 200 doesn't
> work.  A vaccuum seems to help matters.  In previous versions of postgres I was able to do
> up to 10000.

Can we see the EXPLAIN plan for the failing update?

Also, I've forgotten exactly which PG version you're using?

            regards, tom lane

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