Re: DBT-3 with SF=20 got failed - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From Robert Haas
Subject Re: DBT-3 with SF=20 got failed
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Msg-id CA+TgmobNXb5=_0f_1FTEEtifvFEvb-PGZxNvum1+8AwSXDEZcQ@mail.gmail.com
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In response to Re: DBT-3 with SF=20 got failed  (Tomas Vondra <tomas.vondra@2ndquadrant.com>)
Responses Re: DBT-3 with SF=20 got failed  (Tomas Vondra <tomas.vondra@2ndquadrant.com>)
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On Fri, Sep 11, 2015 at 1:12 PM, Tomas Vondra
<tomas.vondra@2ndquadrant.com> wrote:
> I'm arguing for fixing the existing bug, and then addressing the case of
> over-estimation separately, with proper analysis.

Well, this is part of how we're looking it differently.  I think the
bug is "we're passing a value to palloc that is too large, so
sometimes it fails" and the way to fix that is to properly limit the
value.  You are clearly defining the bug a bit differently.

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Robert Haas
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