On Tue, Dec 05, 2006 at 01:02:06PM -0500, Tom Lane wrote: > In 8.0 that might be counterproductively high --- we have seen cases > where more sort_mem = slower with the older sorting code. I concur > with Luke's advice that you should update to 8.2 (not 8.1) to get the > improved sorting code. By the way, is the new sorting code any better for platforms that already have a decent qsort() (like Linux)? /* Steinar */ -- Homepage: http://www.sesse.net/