Re: Sort time

Rod,

> > Hmmm ... how big *is* that varchar field?  8 characters gives us about 6mb 
for 
> > the column.  Of course, if it's a 128-char global unque id, that;s a bit 
> > larger.
> 
> 20 characters long in the Unicode locale -- which is 40 bytes?

Well, 40+, probably about 43.    Should be about 29mb, yes?
Here's a question: is the total size of the column a good indicator of the 
sort_mem required?   Or does the rowsize affect it somehow?

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