{"id":6620,"date":"2021-07-08T18:20:49","date_gmt":"2021-07-08T12:50:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.skynats.com\/?p=6620"},"modified":"2025-04-01T11:30:11","modified_gmt":"2025-04-01T06:00:11","slug":"error-1038-mysql-memory-allocation-error","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.skynats.com\/blog\/error-1038-mysql-memory-allocation-error\/","title":{"rendered":"Error 1038: Mysql memory allocation error"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Some of our clients are getting this MySQL Error 1038 memory allocation issue in their environment. This error occurs when <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mysql.com\/\"><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-secondary-color\">MySQL<\/mark><\/a> memory is insufficient to perform a query.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-cause-of-the-mysql-error-1038\" style=\"font-size:18px\"><strong>Cause of the MySQL Error 1038:<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-code\"><code>Error \"1038 Out of memory, consider increasing server sort buffer size<\/code><\/pre>\n\n\n\n<p>This situation points to the fact that the MySQL assigned memory is not enough to perform a MySQL query. To perform every session, the sort allocates a buffer of this size.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-method-to-fix-this-issue\" style=\"font-size:18px\"><strong>Method to Fix This Issue:<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>In order to fix this error, we have to optimize the query or increase the sort_buffer_size variable value for MySQL.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The sort_buffer_size variable controls how large a filesort buffer is, which means that whenever a query needs to sort the rows, the value given to this variable is used to limit the size that needs to be allocated.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>You can increase the mysql sort_buffer size in two ways:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-1-using-a-mysql-query-temporary-method\" style=\"font-size:18px\">1. Using a MySQL<strong> query (temporary method)<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>You can do it by running the given query <\/p>\n\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-code\"><code>SET GLOBAL sort_buffer_size = 256000000<\/code><\/pre>\n\n\n\n<p>But it will reset after the restart.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We can increase the sort_buffer_size in the \/etc\/my.cnf  or in \/etc\/mysql\/mysql.conf.d\/ or \/etc\/mysql\/conf.d\/ (depends upon your MySQL configuration file).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-code\"><code>&#91;mysqld]\nsort_buffer_size = 256 k<\/code><\/pre>\n\n\n\n<p>You need to restart the MySQL server after the changes are done.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-code\"><code>service mysqld restart<\/code><\/pre>\n\n\n\n<p>If you are facing any issues with your MySQL server, contact our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.skynats.com\/contact-us\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><span style=\"color:#04597e\" class=\"has-inline-color\">sup<\/span><span style=\"color:#066086\" class=\"has-inline-color\">port <\/span><span style=\"color:#075e83\" class=\"has-inline-color\">team<\/span><\/a> right now to get it fixed.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Some of our clients are getting this MySQL Error 1038 memory allocation issue in their environment. 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