Bruce Momjian <pgman@candle.pha.pa.us> writes:
> Tom Lane wrote:
>> It'd clearly be worth our while to mention boosting sort_mem as a
>> helpful thing to do during bulk data load --- it should speed up
>> btree index creation too. I don't think that tip appears anywhere
>> in the docs at the moment.
> Added recently, see last sentence:
That's a fairly useless place to put it, though, since someone would
only think to look at sort_mem if they already had a clue. It should
be mentioned under bulk data load (in performance tips chapter) and
perhaps also in dump/restore procedures.
regards, tom lane