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From scott.marlowe
Subject Re: Idea about better configuration options for sort memory
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Msg-id Pine.LNX.4.33.0402021807110.20880-100000@css120.ihs.com
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In response to Re: Idea about better configuration options for sort memory  (Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>)
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On Mon, 2 Feb 2004, Tom Lane wrote:

> "scott.marlowe" <scott.marlowe@ihs.com> writes:
> > any chance of having some kind of max_total_sort_mem setting to keep 
> > machines out of swap storms, or would that be a nightmare to implement?
> 
> I don't see any reasonable way to do that.

I didn't think there was.  just hoping... :-)

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