On Tue, Nov 13, 2012 at 12:18 AM, Tom Lane <t...@sss.pgh.pa.us> wrote: > I wonder though if we ought to think about running output functions in > a short-lived memory context instead of the executor's main context. > We've considered that before, I think, and it's always been the path > of least resistance to fix the output functions instead --- but there > will always be another leak I'm afraid.
Such is the lot of people who code in C. I worry that the number of memory contexts we're kicking around already is imposing a significant distributed overhead on the system that is hard to measure but nevertheless real, and that this will add to it. -- Robert Haas EnterpriseDB: http://www.enterprisedb.com The Enterprise PostgreSQL Company -- Sent via pgsql-hackers mailing list (pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-hackers
