On Wed, Aug 18, 2010 at 11:45 PM, Samuel Gendler
<sgendler@ideasculptor.com> wrote:
> Answered my own question. Cranking work_mem up to 350MB revealed that
> the in-memory sort requires more memory than the disk sort.
Note that unless you run VERY few client connections, it's usually
better to leave work_mem somewhere in the 1 to 32Meg range and have
the connection or user or database that needs 350Meg be set there.
I.e.
<connect>
set work_mem='512MB';
<execute query
OR
alter user memoryhog set work_mem='512MB';
OR
alter database memhogdb set work_mem='512MB';