Ð ÐÑÐ, 22.04.2004, Ð 17:54, Tom Lane ÐÐÑÐÑ: > Eduardo Almeida <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > About 7hs:30min to load the data and 16:09:25 to > > create the indexes > > You could probably improve the index-create time by temporarily > increasing sort_mem. It wouldn't be unreasonable to give CREATE INDEX > several hundred meg to work in. (You don't want sort_mem that big > normally, because there may be many sorts happening in parallel, > but in a data-loading context there'll just be one active sort.)
Doesn't this provide a reason for CREATE INDEX not to honour sort_mem? -- Markus Bertheau <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 5: Have you checked our extensive FAQ? http://www.postgresql.org/docs/faqs/FAQ.html