"Diehl, Jeffrey" <jdiehl(at)sandia(dot)gov> writes:
> I've got another database that I maintain which is suffering from extremely
> slow record inserts or deletes.
Can't give you any help on the basis of the info you provided. How
about telling us: the PG version in question, the schema(s) of the
table(s) used ("pg_dump -s -t tabname dbname" is the best way here),
the exact queries you're having trouble with, and the output of
EXPLAIN for those queries.
regards, tom lane