Re: Idea about better configuration options for sort memory

Joe Conway <mail@joeconway.com> writes:
> Tom Lane wrote:
>> BTW, does anyone want to lobby for renaming sort_mem at the same time?
>> Since it's used for sizing hash tables as well as sort workspace, it's
>> rather misnamed.  I hesitate to rename it because of the potential for
>> confusion though.  People are pretty used to the existing name.

> Hmmm ... maybe query_work_mem and maintenance_work_mem, or something 
> similar?

I'll go with these unless someone has another proposal ...
        regards, tom lane