Re: temp_file_limit parameter ignored?

Jerry Sievers <gsievers19@comcast.net> writes:

> Erwin Fritz <efritz@gljpc.com> writes:
>
>> Here's the output:
>>
>> select * from pg_settings where name = 'temp_file_limit';
>> -[ RECORD 1 ]---+-------------------------------------------------------------------
>> name            | temp_file_limit
>> setting         | 4194304
>> unit            | kB
>> category        | Resource Usage / Disk
>> short_desc      | Limits the total size of all temporary files used by each session.
>> extra_desc      | -1 means no limit.
>> context         | superuser
>> vartype         | integer
>> source          | database
>
> ^^^^^
>
> This means someone/thing said...
>
> ALTER DATABASE $foodb SET temp_file_limit to '$whatever';
>
> See psql \drds.
>
> Just do an explicit override in your own job prior to the code that
> errors out due to resource shortfall.
>
> SET temp_file_limit to -1;

oops!  Pardon me.  only superuser can frob that setting so this advice I
gave immediately above might not help you.

>
> HTH
>
>
>> min_val         | -1
>> max_val         | 2147483647
>> enumvals        |
>> boot_val        | -1
>> reset_val       | 4194304
>> sourcefile      |
>> sourceline      |
>> pending_restart | f
>>
>>
>>
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>> ________________________________________
>> From: Tom Lane [tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us]
>> Sent: August 20, 2018 09:26
>> To: Erwin Fritz
>> Cc: Johannes Truschnigg; pgsql-admin@postgresql.org
>> Subject: Re: temp_file_limit parameter ignored?
>>
>> Erwin Fritz <efritz@gljpc.com> writes:
>>> Hmm. I did that, and the sourcefile and sourceline values are blank. I then ran "show config_file" and the result
hasthe correct location of the file.
 
>>
>> What does the "source" column say?
>>
>>                         regards, tom lane
>>
>>

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