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To: "Tena Sakai" <tsakai@gallo.ucsf.edu>
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Subject: Re: out of memory 
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Comments: In-reply-to "Tena Sakai" <tsakai@gallo.ucsf.edu>
	message dated "Tue, 11 Sep 2007 18:36:19 -0700"
Date: Tue, 11 Sep 2007 23:58:21 -0400
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From: Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>
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"Tena Sakai" <tsakai@gallo.ucsf.edu> writes:
>> canon=3D# select * from public.genotype;
>> out of memory

> The version is 8.2.4 and platform is redhat linux
> on dell server.  The table has 36 million rows.

Try \set FETCH_COUNT 1000

			regards, tom lane