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From: "Josh Berkus" <josh@agliodbs.com>
Subject: Re: Can Postgres cache a table in memory?
To: "Kevin Traub" <ktraub@verizon.net>, pgsql-sql@postgresql.org
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Kevin,

> 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?

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-Josh Berkus