Re: transaction toggling

From: Martijn van Oosterhout <kleptog(at)svana(dot)org>
To: Matthew Peter <survivedsushi(at)yahoo(dot)com>
Cc: pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: transaction toggling
Date: 2005-10-05 08:45:04
Message-ID: 20051005084456.GB12206@svana.org
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On Wed, Oct 05, 2005 at 12:49:33AM -0700, Matthew Peter wrote:
> Does it even make a dent in the performance if a query
> is wrapped in a transaction instead of out? Such as a
> view counter, like...
>
> update views = views + 1 where x = 1;?

All statements are within a transaction. The question is if it's one
started by you or one created just for that statement. So, no
difference.

Regular vacuum, that's the solution.
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Martijn van Oosterhout <kleptog(at)svana(dot)org> http://svana.org/kleptog/
> Patent. n. Genius is 5% inspiration and 95% perspiration. A patent is a
> tool for doing 5% of the work and then sitting around waiting for someone
> else to do the other 95% so you can sue them.

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