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Subject: Modifying postgresql.org file
From: Ken Hill <ken@scottshill.com>
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It has been suggested to me to increase my work_mem to make queries
preform faster. I believe I do this in the 'postgresql.org' file.  I
seem to have two of these files:

/etc/postgresql/7.4/main/postgresql.org
/usr/share/postgresql/7.4/postgresql.conf.sample

I believe the second one is an example/sample file (similar to how
xorg.conf comes with a sample file). Can someone point me in a direction
as to where I can learn how to modify the postgresql.org file to
increase work_mem? I have the O'Reilly book "Practical PostgreSQL" but
it doesn't seem to cover this topic. I'm fairly confident that I can
tweak the postgresql.org file; given that I was successfuly tweaking my
xorg.conf file. 

Any help/guidance is very much appreciated.

-Ken

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It has been suggested to me to increase my work_mem to make queries preform faster. I believe I do this in the 'postgresql.org' file.&nbsp; I seem to have two of these files:<BR>
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/etc/postgresql/7.4/main/postgresql.org<BR>
/usr/share/postgresql/7.4/postgresql.conf.sample<BR>
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I believe the second one is an example/sample file (similar to how xorg.conf comes with a sample file). Can someone point me in a direction as to where I can learn how to modify the postgresql.org file to increase work_mem? I have the O'Reilly book &quot;Practical PostgreSQL&quot; but it doesn't seem to cover this topic. I'm fairly confident that I can tweak the postgresql.org file; given that I was successfuly tweaking my xorg.conf file. <BR>
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Any help/guidance is very much appreciated.<BR>
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-Ken
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