[postgis-users] GEOS union() error

[Lee Keel]

Sorry to keep on with this, but I have a couple more questions.

I have posted my current postgresql.conf settings below.  I am running PG
8.2.3\postgis 1.2.1 on a Vista 64bit dual quad with 8GB Ram.


shared_buffers = 1200MB			# min 128kB or max_connections*16kB
#temp_buffers = 16MB			# min 800kB
work_mem = 150MB				# min 64kB


1) Why can't I increase any of these settings?  If I increment any one of
these settings or enable temp_buffers the service will not start.  In fact,
the service won't even start if I just set shared_buffers = 1200000.  What
have I got wrong?

2) I have also tried to do 'set work_mem to 1200000;' as I am executing my
query and I still get 'Out of memory' errors.  Shouldn't some postgres.exe
be ramping up in memory before I get that error?  I have added some
simplifies into my query to try to decrease the size of shapes being brought
into the buffer and the collection.  This has worked to some degree, but I
am back to the problem of memory now.  My latest query is doing
simplify(buffer(simplify(the_geom, 5), 400), 150) and dumping the results to
a table.  In which I get a bunch of polygons as expected.  But I can't do a
collect (nor geomunion) on this secondary table without getting 'out of
memory' error.  I have even tried adding limits as low as 2 and it still
throws a memory error.  Is this a windows config problem?  Do I need to try
and upgrade the postgis version to 1.3.1?

Thanks again for all the help.
Lee
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