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Date: Wed, 24 Dec 2008 13:56:28 -0500
From: "Kynn Jones" <kynnjo@gmail.com>
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Subject: Re: How to "unique-ify" HUGE table?
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Thank you all for the very helpful advice.  Upping work_mem made it possible
for me to generate the table within this century without bringing the server
to a near standstill.  I have not yet experimented with GROUP BY, but I'll
do this next.

Cheers,

Kynn

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Thank you all for the very helpful advice. &nbsp;Upping work_mem made it possible for me to generate the table within this century without bringing the server to a near standstill. &nbsp;I have not yet experimented with GROUP BY, but I&#39;ll do this next.<br>
<div><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><div>Cheers,</div><div><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><div>Kynn</div><div><br></div>

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