Received: from localhost (postgresql.org [64.49.215.8]) by postgresql.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9BBC6475AD7 for ; Thu, 3 Oct 2002 10:03:55 -0400 (EDT) Received: from news.hub.org (news.hub.org [64.49.215.80]) by postgresql.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 75C9247660B for ; Thu, 3 Oct 2002 10:03:53 -0400 (EDT) Received: by news.hub.org (Postfix, from userid 8) id 277313817D4; Thu, 3 Oct 2002 10:03:52 -0400 (EDT) From: "Kevin Traub" X-Newsgroups: comp.databases.postgresql.sql Subject: Can Postgres cache a table in memory? Date: Thu, 3 Oct 2002 10:03:56 -0400 Organization: Hub.Org Networking Services (http://www.hub.org) Lines: 13 Message-ID: X-Complaints-To: news@hub.org X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Newsreader: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2800.1106 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2800.1106 To: pgsql-sql@postgresql.org X-Virus-Scanned: by AMaViS new-20020517 X-Archive-Number: 200210/53 X-Sequence-Number: 9771 Hello all; I'm trying to speed up a query which returns the majority of a table so and index isn't helpful. I've got more than enough RAM to hold my table so, can anyone tell me if there is there a way to force Postgres to cache a table in RAM? Any help would be appreciated. Thanks; -Kevin Traub