Re: Temporary tables and in-memory use

Marios Vodas <mvodas@gmail.com> writes:
> If I'm not wrong, temporary tables stay in memory if they do not go over
> temp_buffers limit (e.g. if temp_buffers is 2GB and the size of the table is
> 300MB the table will remain in memory).
> What if a column is variable length (e.g. text), how does this column stay
> in-memory since it should be stored in TOAST?

Well, the toast table is also temp, so it'll get cached in temp_buffers
as well, as long as it fits.

> When I build a GiST index on a temporary table does the index stay in memory
> as well?

Same answer.

Keep in mind that temp_buffers is per process, not global.  Just as with
work_mem, you need to be careful about setting it sky-high.
        regards, tom lane