Re: Out of memory error - Mailing list pgsql-novice

From Tom Lane
Subject Re: Out of memory error
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Msg-id 5044.1000737920@sss.pgh.pa.us
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In response to Out of memory error  ("Gerard TOURRES" <gerard.tourres@free.fr>)
List pgsql-novice
"Gerard TOURRES" <gerard.tourres@free.fr> writes:
> On my linux box (Suse 6.2 + Postgres 6.5.4/128 Mo RAM) I have a database
> with 200 000 records on 7 tables.
> It worked fine, but I have got for 2 days this error message :

> ERROR:  hash table out of memory. Use -B parameter to increase buffers.

[looks at old versions]  That's not Postgres 6.5.  It's 6.4 or even older.

> I am going to upgrade to postgres 7.1 next week, but I would like to fix the
> problem before, because this database is on a remote server too, and his
> owner prefers to keep old version.

Tell him he is *way* overdue for an update.  Anyone who's still running
6.4 is just asking for trouble.

            regards, tom lane

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