Re: [HACKERS] sort on huge table

> OK, I have now finished up my psort reconstruction project.  Sort nodes
> and btree CREATE INDEX now use the same sorting module, which is better
> than either one was to start with.
> 
> This resolves the following TODO items:
> 
> * Make index creation use psort code, because it is now faster(Vadim)
> * Allow creation of sort temp tables > 1 Gig
> 
> Also, sorting will now notice if it runs out of disk space, which it
> frequently would not before :-(.  Both memory and disk space are used
> more sparingly than before, as well.

Great.  TODO changes made.

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