Re: which work memory parameter is used for what? - Mailing list pgsql-general

From David G. Johnston
Subject Re: which work memory parameter is used for what?
Date
Msg-id CAKFQuwb5VLim58XHBYGQ50q26_tNzSKjFL_+rX1zNXmEatGggw@mail.gmail.com
Whole thread Raw
In response to Re: which work memory parameter is used for what?  (Adrian Klaver <adrian.klaver@aklaver.com>)
List pgsql-general
On Wed, Nov 9, 2016 at 7:54 AM, Adrian Klaver <adrian.klaver@aklaver.com> wrote:
On 11/08/2016 06:45 PM, Andreas Joseph Krogh wrote:
> På onsdag 09. november 2016 kl. 03:02:54, skrev John R Pierce

>
>     https://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/static/runtime-config-resource.html
>
>
>     maintenance_work_mem is used by vacuum and create index operations
>     (including implicit index creation such as add foreign key).
>
>
> There is no such thing in PG.

Can you be more specific as;

https://www.postgresql.org/docs/9.5/static/runtime-config-resource.html#GUC-MAINTENANCE-WORK-MEM


​I suppose that "
ALTER TABLE ADD FOREIGN KEY
​" uses maintenance_work_mem while executing the query necessary to confirm that for every distinct value in the new foreign key there exists a corresponding primary key.  The PK already has an associated index because of an implementation detail enforcing uniqueness.  The foreign key has no need for such an artifact.

David J.

pgsql-general by date:

Previous
From: Andreas Joseph Krogh
Date:
Subject: Re: which work memory parameter is used for what?
Next
From: Melvin Davidson
Date:
Subject: Re: which work memory parameter is used for what?