Grigory Smolkin <g.smolkin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes: > I`ve noticed interesting aspect in temp tables working. It appears > postgres is trying to reserve space on disk for temp tables even before > temp_buffers overflow. Sure. Just like it reserves space for ordinary tables right away, long before there's any need to push the data out of shared_buffers. Otherwise, you might find yourself having to throw an "out of disk space" error after having already committed the relevant INSERTs. regards, tom lane -- Sent via pgsql-general mailing list (pgsql-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-general