Re: changing work_mem - Mailing list pgsql-admin

On Mon, Jun 13, 2011 at 10:29 AM, Dinesh Bhandary <dbhandary@iii.com> wrote:
> Hi All -
>
> Is there a way to change work_mem for a session in postgres without
> restarting a database? Please let me know.

In addition the standard set work_mem='512MB'; listed above, you can
make such changes sticky for a user or a database:

alter user bubba set work_mem='1000MB';
alter database reports set work_mem='256MB';