On Mon, Jun 12, 2006 at 11:26:23AM +0530, Gourish Singbal wrote: > Where is the pgsql_tmp folder present ?. i am unable to see it in the data > directory of postgresql. It will be under the *database* directory, under $PGDATA/base. SELECT oid,* FROM pg_database; will tell you what directory to look in for your database. > On 6/9/06, Jim C. Nasby <jnasby@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > >On Fri, Jun 09, 2006 at 02:23:04PM +0200, Domenico - Sal. F.lli Riva > >wrote: > >> Hello, > >> > >> During insert or update, potgresql write in pgsql_tmp directory and so > >> performance are very poor. > > > >pgsql_tmp is used if a query runs out of work_mem, so you can try > >increasing that. > > > >> My configuration is: > >> > >> Work mem 10240 > >> > >> Effective_cache_size 30000 > >You're off by a factor of 10. > > > >> Shared buffers 9000 > >I'd suggest bumping that up to at least 30000. > > > >> Postgresql (RPM from official website) 8.1.0 > > > >You should upgrade to 8.1.4. There's a number of data loss bugs waiting > >to bite you. > >-- > >Jim C. Nasby, Sr. Engineering Consultant jnasby@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > >Pervasive Software http://pervasive.com work: 512-231-6117 > >vcard: http://jim.nasby.net/pervasive.vcf cell: 512-569-9461 > > > >---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- > >TIP 4: Have you searched our list archives? > > > > http://archives.postgresql.org > > > > > > -- > Best, > Gourish Singbal -- Jim C. Nasby, Sr. Engineering Consultant jnasby@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Pervasive Software http://pervasive.com work: 512-231-6117 vcard: http://jim.nasby.net/pervasive.vcf cell: 512-569-9461
