Mats Lofkvist <mal(at)algonet(dot)se> writes:
> But when doing ~1000 updates (i.e. setting val0 and val1 with
> a where on an existing key0/key1/key2 triplet), I get this which
> seems very strange to me:
I suppose you repeatedly updated the same row 1000 times? That creates
an O(N^2) behavior because the dead tuples have to be rechecked again
and again.
7.3 will be smarter about this.
regards, tom lane