Disk Space

This section describes the disk space parameters, which are used to set limits on the disk space for storing temporary files.

sql_use_spacelimit

Parameter description: Specifies the space size for files to be flushed to disks when a single SQL statement is executed on a single database node. The managed space includes the space occupied by ordinary tables, temporary tables, and intermediate result sets to be flushed to disks.

This parameter is a USERSET parameter. Set it based on instructions provided in Table 1 GUC parameters.

Value range: an integer ranging from -1 to 2147483647. The unit is KB. -1 indicates no limit.

Default value: -1

temp_file_limit

Parameter description: Specifies the limit on the size of a temporary file spilled to disk in a session. The temporary file can be a sort or hash temporary file, or the storage file for a held cursor.

This is a session-level setting.

This parameter is a SUSET parameter. Set it based on instructions provided in Table 1 GUC parameters.

NOTICE: This parameter does not apply to disk space used for temporary tables during the SQL query process.

Value range: an integer ranging from -1 to 2147483647. The unit is KB. -1 indicates no limit.

Default value: -1