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From: Tom Lane <[email protected]>
To: Joe Conway <[email protected]>
Cc: [email protected]
Subject: Re: 9.3 release notes and maintenance_work_mem
Date: Fri, 25 Apr 2014 10:33:34 -0400
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Joe Conway <[email protected]> writes:
>> Shouldn't the reference to work_mem here:
>> 
>> "Allow in-memory sorts to use their full memory allocation (Jeff
>> Janes)" 
>> http://www.postgresql.org/docs/9.3/interactive/release-9-3.html#AEN114956
>> 
>> actually be referencing maintenance_work_mem?

> Or I suppose, rather, shouldn't it be referring to both?

In principle I suppose someone might've set maintenance_work_mem with an
eye on the space needed to build specific indexes, but it seems relatively
unlikely compared to the work_mem scenario.  I think it'd just confuse
people to mention both parameters.

			regards, tom lane


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