Re: does work_mem is used on temp tables? - Mailing list pgsql-admin

>>>>> "Mariel" == Mariel Cherkassky <mariel.cherkassky@gmail.com> writes:

 Mariel> Hi,
 Mariel> Does the work mem is used when I do sorts or hash operations on
 Mariel> temp tables ? Or the temp_buffer that is allocated at the
 Mariel> beginning of the session is used for it ?

work_mem is used for sorts and hashes regardless of what type the
underlying table (if any) is.

temp_buffers is used to buffer the actual _content_ of temp tables.

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