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Diffstat (limited to 'doc/src/sgml/ref/postgres-ref.sgml')
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1 files changed, 7 insertions, 10 deletions
diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/ref/postgres-ref.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/ref/postgres-ref.sgml index 3ae6003120b..cfb16a78686 100644 --- a/doc/src/sgml/ref/postgres-ref.sgml +++ b/doc/src/sgml/ref/postgres-ref.sgml @@ -1,5 +1,5 @@ <!-- -$PostgreSQL: pgsql/doc/src/sgml/ref/postgres-ref.sgml,v 1.42 2003/11/29 19:51:39 pgsql Exp $ +$PostgreSQL: pgsql/doc/src/sgml/ref/postgres-ref.sgml,v 1.43 2004/02/03 17:34:02 tgl Exp $ PostgreSQL documentation --> @@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ PostgreSQL documentation <arg>-s</arg> <arg>-t<group choice="plain"><arg>pa</arg><arg>pl</arg><arg>ex</arg></group></arg> </group> - <arg>-S <replaceable>sort-mem</replaceable></arg> + <arg>-S <replaceable>work-mem</replaceable></arg> <arg>-W <replaceable>seconds</replaceable></arg> <arg>--<replaceable>name</replaceable>=<replaceable>value</replaceable></arg> <arg choice="plain"><replaceable>database</replaceable></arg> @@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ PostgreSQL documentation <arg>-s</arg> <arg>-t<group choice="plain"><arg>pa</arg><arg>pl</arg><arg>ex</arg></group></arg> </group> - <arg>-S <replaceable>sort-mem</replaceable></arg> + <arg>-S <replaceable>work-mem</replaceable></arg> <arg>-v <replaceable>protocol</replaceable></arg> <arg>-W <replaceable>seconds</replaceable></arg> <arg>--<replaceable>name</replaceable>=<replaceable>value</replaceable></arg> @@ -197,16 +197,13 @@ PostgreSQL documentation </varlistentry> <varlistentry> - <term><option>-S</option> <replaceable class="parameter">sort-mem</replaceable></term> + <term><option>-S</option> <replaceable class="parameter">work-mem</replaceable></term> <listitem> <para> Specifies the amount of memory to be used by internal sorts and hashes - before resorting to temporary disk files. The value is specified in - kilobytes, and defaults to 1024. Note that for a complex query, - several sorts and/or hashes might be running in parallel, and each one - will be allowed to use as much as - <replaceable class="parameter">sort-mem</replaceable> kilobytes - before it starts to put data into temporary files. + before resorting to temporary disk files. See the description of the + <varname>work_mem</> configuration parameter in <xref + linkend="runtime-config-resource-memory">. </para> </listitem> </varlistentry> |