Re: postgresql shared buffers

From: Heikki Linnakangas <heikki(at)enterprisedb(dot)com>
To: Praveen Kumar N <praveen_n(at)students(dot)iiit(dot)net>
Cc: pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: postgresql shared buffers
Date: 2006-09-08 14:30:37
Message-ID: 45017E8D.3030003@enterprisedb.com
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Praveen Kumar N wrote:
> On Fri, 8 Sep 2006, Heikki Linnakangas wrote:
>
>> Looks like Alvaro guessed right. It reads both relations in sequence,
>> sorts them in temporary storage, outside bufmgr, and then does a
>> merge join on the sorted inputs.
>
> could you tell me how can we trace that? I mean which functions shall
> I checkout for that.

The sort code is in src/backend/utils/sort/tuplesort.c and logtape.c.
Can't remember function names from the top of my head.

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Heikki Linnakangas
EnterpriseDB http://www.enterprisedb.com

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