Re: Speeding up 'bulk' delete (and/or seeing what is going on while the delete is being processed)

From: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: steve(at)retsol(dot)co(dot)uk
Cc: Alan Hodgson <ahodgson(at)simkin(dot)ca>, PostGreSQL <pgsql-novice(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: Speeding up 'bulk' delete (and/or seeing what is going on while the delete is being processed)
Date: 2009-08-27 18:18:58
Message-ID: 20904.1251397138@sss.pgh.pa.us
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Steve T <steve(at)retsol(dot)co(dot)uk> writes:
> PS Is there a reason that PostgreSql doesn't automatically create the
> foreign key indexes?

Sometimes you don't need/want them, or they might already exist because
of other constraints you made. It is a bit of a gotcha for newbies,
but we've concluded that forcing such indexes to be made would be a
net loss.

regards, tom lane

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