Re: Delete query takes exorbitant amount of time

On Fri, 2005-03-25 at 09:38 -0800, Josh Berkus wrote:
> > I guess I was wondering if there is other general tuning advice for such
> > large table indexes such as increasing statistics, etc.
> 

> If you're going with the drop/load/recreate option, then I'd suggest 
> increasing work_mem for the duration.  Hmmm ... or maintenance_work_mem?  
> What gets used for FK checks?  Simon?
> 

In 8.0, maintenance_work_mem is used for index creation, vacuum and
initial check of FK checks at time of creation. Everything else uses
work_mem as the limit.

Best Regards, Simon Riggs