Update FAQ.

Author: bmomjian

doc/FAQ

@@ -83,25 +83,21 @@
    other users?
    4.17) What is an OID? What is a TID?
    4.18) What is the meaning of some of the terms used in PostgreSQL?
-   4.19) Why do I get the error "FATAL: palloc failure: memory
-   exhausted?"
-   4.20) How do I tell what PostgreSQL version I am running?
-   4.21) My large-object operations get invalid large obj descriptor.
+   4.19) How do I tell what PostgreSQL version I am running?
+   4.20) My large-object operations get invalid large obj descriptor.
    Why?
-   4.22) How do I create a column that will default to the current time?
-   4.23) Why are my subqueries using IN so slow?
-   4.24) How do I perform an outer join?
+   4.21) How do I create a column that will default to the current time?
+   4.22) Why are my subqueries using IN so slow?
+   4.23) How do I perform an outer join?
 
                             Extending PostgreSQL
 
    5.1) I wrote a user-defined function. When I run it in psql, why does
    it dump core?
-   5.2) What does the message "NOTICE:PortalHeapMemoryFree: 0x402251d0
-   not in alloc set!" mean?
-   5.3) How can I contribute some nifty new types and functions to
+   5.2) How can I contribute some nifty new types and functions to
    PostgreSQL?
-   5.4) How do I write a C function to return a tuple?
-   5.5) I have changed a source file. Why does the recompile not see the
+   5.3) How do I write a C function to return a tuple?
+   5.4) I have changed a source file. Why does the recompile not see the
    change?
      _________________________________________________________________
 
@@ -887,26 +883,11 @@ BYTEA           bytea           variable-length byte array (null-safe)
    A list of general database terms can be found at:
    http://www.comptechnews.com/~reaster/dbdesign.html
 
-    4.19) Why do I get the error "FATAL: palloc failure: memory exhausted?"
-    
-   It is possible you have run out of virtual memory on your system, or
-   your kernel has a low limit for certain resources. Try this before
-   starting the postmaster:
-    ulimit -d 65536
-    limit datasize 64m
-
-   Depending on your shell, only one of these may succeed, but it will
-   set your process data segment limit much higher and perhaps allow the
-   query to complete. This command applies to the current process, and
-   all subprocesses created after the command is run. If you are having a
-   problem with the SQL client because the backend is returning too much
-   data, try it before starting the client.
-   
-    4.20) How do I tell what PostgreSQL version I am running?
+    4.19) How do I tell what PostgreSQL version I am running?
 
    From psql, type select version();
 
-    4.21) My large-object operations get invalid large obj descriptor. Why?
+    4.20) My large-object operations get invalid large obj descriptor. Why?
 
    You need to put BEGIN WORK and COMMIT around any use of a large object
    handle, that is, surrounding lo_open ... lo_close.
@@ -920,12 +901,12 @@ BYTEA           bytea           variable-length byte array (null-safe)
    If you are using a client interface like ODBC you may need to set
    auto-commit off.
 
-    4.22) How do I create a column that will default to the current time?
+    4.21) How do I create a column that will default to the current time?
 
    Use now():
 CREATE TABLE test (x int, modtime timestamp DEFAULT now() );
 
-    4.23) Why are my subqueries using IN so slow?
+    4.22) Why are my subqueries using IN so slow?
 
    Currently, we join subqueries to outer queries by sequentially
    scanning the result of the subquery for each row of the outer query. A
@@ -941,7 +922,7 @@ SELECT *
 
    We hope to fix this limitation in a future release.
 
-    4.24) How do I perform an outer join?
+    4.23) How do I perform an outer join?
 
    PostgreSQL 7.1 and later supports outer joins using the SQL standard
    syntax. Here are two examples:
@@ -980,23 +961,17 @@ SELECT *
    The problem could be a number of things. Try testing your user-defined
    function in a stand-alone test program first.
 
-    5.2) What does the message "NOTICE:PortalHeapMemoryFree: 0x402251d0 not in
-    alloc set!" mean?
-    
-   You are pfree'ing something that was not palloc'ed. Beware of mixing
-   malloc/free and palloc/pfree.
-   
-    5.3) How can I contribute some nifty new types and functions to PostgreSQL?
+    5.2) How can I contribute some nifty new types and functions to PostgreSQL?
 
    Send your extensions to the pgsql-hackers mailing list, and they will
    eventually end up in the contrib/ subdirectory.
 
-    5.4) How do I write a C function to return a tuple?
+    5.3) How do I write a C function to return a tuple?
 
    This requires wizardry so extreme that the authors have never tried
    it, though in principle it can be done.
 
-    5.5) I have changed a source file. Why does the recompile not see the
+    5.4) I have changed a source file. Why does the recompile not see the
     change?
 
    The Makefiles do not have the proper dependencies for include files.

doc/src/FAQ/FAQ.html

@@ -127,32 +127,27 @@ <H2>Operational Questions</H2>
     <SMALL>TID</SMALL>?<BR>
      <A href="#4.18">4.18</A>) What is the meaning of some of the terms
     used in PostgreSQL?<BR>
-     <A href="#4.19">4.19</A>) Why do I get the error <I>"FATAL: palloc
-    failure: memory exhausted?"</I><BR>
-     <A href="#4.20">4.20</A>) How do I tell what PostgreSQL version I
+     <A href="#4.19">4.19</A>) How do I tell what PostgreSQL version I
     am running? <BR>
-     <A href="#4.21">4.21</A>) My large-object operations get
+     <A href="#4.20">4.20</A>) My large-object operations get
     <I>invalid large obj descriptor.</I> Why?<BR>
-     <A href="#4.22">4.22</A>) How do I create a column that will
+     <A href="#4.21">4.21</A>) How do I create a column that will
     default to the current time?<BR>
-     <A href="#4.23">4.23</A>) Why are my subqueries using
+     <A href="#4.22">4.22</A>) Why are my subqueries using
     <CODE><SMALL>IN</SMALL></CODE> so slow?<BR>
-     <A href="#4.24">4.24</A>) How do I perform an outer join?<BR>
+     <A href="#4.23">4.23</A>) How do I perform an outer join?<BR>
 
 
     <CENTER>
       <H2>Extending PostgreSQL</H2>
     </CENTER>
     <A href="#5.1">5.1</A>) I wrote a user-defined function. When I run
     it in <I>psql,</I> why does it dump core?<BR>
-     <A href="#5.2">5.2</A>) What does the message
-    <I>"NOTICE:PortalHeapMemoryFree: 0x402251d0 not in alloc set!"</I>
-    mean?<BR>
-     <A href="#5.3">5.3</A>) How can I contribute some nifty new types
+     <A href="#5.2">5.2</A>) How can I contribute some nifty new types
     and functions to PostgreSQL?<BR>
-     <A href="#5.4">5.4</A>) How do I write a C function to return a
+     <A href="#5.3">5.3</A>) How do I write a C function to return a
     tuple?<BR>
-     <A href="#5.5">5.5</A>) I have changed a source file. Why does the
+     <A href="#5.4">5.4</A>) I have changed a source file. Why does the
     recompile not see the change?<BR>
 
     <HR>
@@ -1137,32 +1132,13 @@ <H4><A name="4.18">4.18</A>) What is the meaning of some of the
     <P>A list of general database terms can be found at: <A href=
     "http://www.comptechnews.com/~reaster/dbdesign.html">http://www.comptechnews.com/~reaster/dbdesign.html</A></P>
 
-    <H4><A name="4.19">4.19</A>) Why do I get the error <I>"FATAL:
-    palloc failure: memory exhausted?"</I><BR>
-    </H4>
-
-    <P>It is possible you have run out of virtual memory on your
-    system, or your kernel has a low limit for certain resources. Try
-    this before starting the <I>postmaster:</I></P>
-<PRE>
-    ulimit -d 65536
-    limit datasize 64m
-</PRE>
-    Depending on your shell, only one of these may succeed, but it will
-    set your process data segment limit much higher and perhaps allow
-    the query to complete. This command applies to the current process,
-    and all subprocesses created after the command is run. If you are
-    having a problem with the <SMALL>SQL</SMALL> client because the
-    backend is returning too much data, try it before starting the
-    client. 
-
-    <H4><A name="4.20">4.20</A>) How do I tell what PostgreSQL version
+    <H4><A name="4.19">4.19</A>) How do I tell what PostgreSQL version
     I am running?<BR>
     </H4>
 
     <P>From <I>psql,</I> type <CODE>select version();</CODE></P>
 
-    <H4><A name="4.21">4.21</A>) My large-object operations get
+    <H4><A name="4.20">4.20</A>) My large-object operations get
     <I>invalid large obj descriptor.</I> Why?<BR>
     </H4>
 
@@ -1179,7 +1155,7 @@ <H4><A name="4.21">4.21</A>) My large-object operations get
     <P>If you are using a client interface like <SMALL>ODBC</SMALL> you
     may need to set <CODE>auto-commit off.</CODE></P>
 
-    <H4><A name="4.22">4.22</A>) How do I create a column that will
+    <H4><A name="4.21">4.21</A>) How do I create a column that will
     default to the current time?<BR>
     </H4>
 
@@ -1189,7 +1165,7 @@ <H4><A name="4.22">4.22</A>) How do I create a column that will
 </CODE>
 </PRE>
 
-    <H4><A name="4.23">4.23</A>) Why are my subqueries using
+    <H4><A name="4.22">4.22</A>) Why are my subqueries using
     <CODE><SMALL>IN</SMALL></CODE> so slow?<BR>
     </H4>
 
@@ -1212,7 +1188,7 @@ <H4><A name="4.23">4.23</A>) Why are my subqueries using
 </PRE>
     We hope to fix this limitation in a future release. 
 
-    <H4><A name="4.24">4.24</A>) How do I perform an outer join?<BR>
+    <H4><A name="4.23">4.23</A>) How do I perform an outer join?<BR>
     </H4>
 
     <P>PostgreSQL 7.1 and later supports outer joins using the SQL
@@ -1264,28 +1240,20 @@ <H4><A name="5.1">5.1</A>) I wrote a user-defined function. When I
     <P>The problem could be a number of things. Try testing your
     user-defined function in a stand-alone test program first.</P>
 
-    <H4><A name="5.2">5.2</A>) What does the message
-    <I>"NOTICE:PortalHeapMemoryFree: 0x402251d0 not in alloc set!"</I>
-    mean?</H4>
-
-    <P>You are <I>pfree'</I>ing something that was not
-    <I>palloc'</I>ed. Beware of mixing <I>malloc/free</I> and
-    <I>palloc/pfree.</I></P>
-
-    <H4><A name="5.3">5.3</A>) How can I contribute some nifty new
+    <H4><A name="5.2">5.2</A>) How can I contribute some nifty new
     types and functions to PostgreSQL?</H4>
 
     <P>Send your extensions to the <I>pgsql-hackers</I> mailing list,
     and they will eventually end up in the <I>contrib/</I>
     subdirectory.</P>
 
-    <H4><A name="5.4">5.4</A>) How do I write a C function to return a
+    <H4><A name="5.3">5.3</A>) How do I write a C function to return a
     tuple?</H4>
 
     <P>This requires wizardry so extreme that the authors have never
     tried it, though in principle it can be done.</P>
 
-    <H4><A name="5.5">5.5</A>) I have changed a source file. Why does
+    <H4><A name="5.4">5.4</A>) I have changed a source file. Why does
     the recompile not see the change?</H4>
 
     <P>The <I>Makefiles</I> do not have the proper dependencies for