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Caching ODBC query results

I have a module that queries a large amount of data from Redshift (~40 GB). It appears that the results are stored in memory until the query completes; consequently, my machine, which has 30 GB memory, crashes. This is a shame because Alteryx is good with maintaining memory <-> HDD balance.

 

Idea: Create a way to offload the query results onto the HDD as they are received.

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RyanNewsome
9 - Comet

Hi fnb, how is your workflow setup and what is your memory settings? Are you doing lots of sorting? I've pulled over 200gb from redshift on a machine with 64gb memory and everything worked fine.

 

http://help.alteryx.com/9.5/Memory_Utilization.htm

fnb
5 - Atom
I am doing an in-DB query and then streaming out the records directly into a .yxdb file. The error I get is thus:

Data Stream Out (223) Error SQLExecute: [Amazon][RedShift ODBC] (30) Error occurred while trying to execute a query: out of memory for query result¶
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