Re: PG 8 Out of memory issuing queries - Mailing list pgsql-admin

From Joshua D. Drake
Subject Re: PG 8 Out of memory issuing queries
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Msg-id 4204230D.9050900@commandprompt.com
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In response to PG 8 Out of memory issuing queries  (Werner Bohl <WernerBohl@infutor.com>)
List pgsql-admin
Werner Bohl wrote:
> Hi!
>
> Hope anybody can help me with this issue. I have a fairly large table
> (~75 million rows) that where imported without pk. Tried to create a pk
> on a supposed unique field, but failed with duplicates. So i issued:
> select oldid from table group by oldid having count(*) > 1
> and it fails with Out of memory. Tried to create a new pk using: alter
> table <table> add newid serial primary key; and it also fails with out
> of memory error.

Use a cursor during your large count(*) query and you can find you bad
entries.

J


>
> Are there any settings on postgresql.conf that I may change to prevent
> this error?
>
> This is on Windows XP profesional with Postgresql 8.0
>
>
> TIA,
>


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