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MySQL how to release memory used up by SELECT

I executed an INSERT IGNORE combined with SELECT from large table. The SELECT took up 16GB of memory and went into SWAP before I terminated it with CTRL+C. INSERT IGNORE INTO sid(sid) SELECT sid ...
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Why is MySQL is creating so many temporary tables on disk?

Can any configuration mistake lead to creating too many temp tables by mysql..mysql tuner shows Current max_heap_table_size = 200 M Current tmp_table_size = 200 M Of 17158 temp tables, 30% were ...