In this tutorial, we’ll walk through the steps to resolve this error by increasing the sort buffer size, optimizing queries, and adjusting MySQL configurations.
The error #1038 - Out of sort memory, consider increasing server sort buffer size is an indication that MySQL's internal memory allocation for sorting data has been exhausted. MySQL uses a buffer to sort data, and when the amount of data being sorted exceeds the available buffer size, the server can't complete the operation, leading to this error.