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Subject: Re: Modifying postgresql.org file
From: Ken Hill <ken@scottshill.com>
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On Wed, 2006-02-15 at 11:20 -0500, Andrew Sullivan wrote:

> On Wed, Feb 15, 2006 at 08:15:46AM -0800, Ken Hill wrote:
> > 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
> 
> Where did you get this version of Postgres?  The main config file
> should be $PGDATA/postgresql.conf.  Anything else is probably the
> result of your system's packaging having done some magic.  But in any
> case, unless I'm misremembering, the work_mem setting isn't in 7.4.
> 
> You can check the docs on postgresql.org.  There's a whole section on
> the configuration variables, and manuals are available for several
> releases back.
> 
> A
> 

This is how Ubuntu installed postgresql via it's synaptic package
manager.

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On Wed, 2006-02-15 at 11:20 -0500, Andrew Sullivan wrote:
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<FONT COLOR="#000000">On Wed, Feb 15, 2006 at 08:15:46AM -0800, Ken Hill wrote:</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">&gt; It has been suggested to me to increase my work_mem to make queries</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">&gt; preform faster. I believe I do this in the 'postgresql.org' file.  I</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">&gt; seem to have two of these files:</FONT>
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<FONT COLOR="#000000">&gt; /etc/postgresql/7.4/main/postgresql.org</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">&gt; /usr/share/postgresql/7.4/postgresql.conf.sample</FONT>

<FONT COLOR="#000000">Where did you get this version of Postgres?  The main config file</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">should be $PGDATA/postgresql.conf.  Anything else is probably the</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">result of your system's packaging having done some magic.  But in any</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">case, unless I'm misremembering, the work_mem setting isn't in 7.4.</FONT>

<FONT COLOR="#000000">You can check the docs on postgresql.org.  There's a whole section on</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">the configuration variables, and manuals are available for several</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">releases back.</FONT>

<FONT COLOR="#000000">A</FONT>

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This is how Ubuntu installed postgresql via it's synaptic package manager.
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