On Thu, Jun 18, 2009 at 6:16 PM, Brian Cox <brian.cox@xxxxxx> wrote:
try increasing it please, to say 256MBGrzegorz Jakiewicz [gryzman@xxxxxxxxx] wrote:work_mem = 64MB
this might be quite bogus question, just a hit - but what is your
work_mem set to ?
Guys, isn't postgresql giving hudge cost, when it can't sort in memory ?
8.4 in explain analyze actually informs you whether sorting was done on disc or in memory, but you probably don't run stuff on cutting edge ;)
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GJ