Re: Out Of Memory Error on GiST Index - Mailing list pgsql-general

James Cradock wrote:
> Hello.
>
> I'm getting an Out Of Memory error when I try to create a GiST index on
> a geometry column (PostGIS) with approximately 33,000,000 rows. I can
> truncate the data in the table, create the GiST index on the empty
> table, but when I try to reload the data via pg_restore I get the error.
> I get the error also if I try creating the GiST index on the table with
> the 33,000,000 rows.
>
> Are there limitations with the GiST index? Has anyone seen this?

I seem to remember mention of memory-leak fixes being applied to the
GiST code not too long back - might be worth checking the archives for
the bug/hackers list.

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   Richard Huxton
   Archonet Ltd