Re: out of memory error - Mailing list pgsql-general

From Geoffrey Myers
Subject Re: out of memory error
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Msg-id 4E12FDFC.2040606@serioustechnology.com
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In response to out of memory error  (Geoffrey Myers <lists@serioustechnology.com>)
Responses Re: out of memory error
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Geoffrey Myers wrote:
> We have a process that we successfully ran on virtually identical
> databases.  The process completed fine on a machine with 8 gig of
> memory.  The process fails when run on another machine that has 16 gig
> of memory with the following error:
>
> out of memory for query result
>
> How is this possible?
>
> The databases are almost identical.  By that I mean, the database that
> the process completed properly is a dump of the database from the
> machine where it failed.  There is about a week's more data in the
> database where the process failed.  The whole database only takes up
> about 13 gig of disk space.
>
> Any clues would be appreciated.


One other note that is bothering me.  There is no reference in the log
regarding the out of memory error.  Should that not also show up in the
associated database log?


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Geoffrey Myers
Myers Consulting Inc.
770.592.1651

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