Re: [GENERAL] So slow inserts... Why?

From: Michal Samek <webmaster(at)tony(dot)cz>
To: johan(dot)granlund(at)solid(dot)se
Cc: pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: [GENERAL] So slow inserts... Why?
Date: 1999-05-26 14:15:10
Message-ID: 374C01EE.A0E15E97@tony.cz
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johan(dot)granlund(at)solid(dot)se wrote:
>
> As i dont know anything about triggers:)
> Have you done a vacuum on the databases to clear out old transactions?

I recreated the table, so I think there is not necessary to vacuum it
(it takes unbelieveable amount of time); maybe when I'm filling the
table by sending a lot of INSERT queries I should sometimes between
inserts do a vacuum ? It looks strange for me.

And many thanks for your help; I was thinking about dropping indexes and
trigger, but It's impossible. Imagine this is not just a series of
insert queries, the process I'm using is (simplicied): For each dbase
record (the catalogue from the music label) to look-up if exist and if
so, update; if no, insert. So I can't drop indexes which are needed by
look-up function; nor can't drop trigger because it tracks inserts /
updates of my table.
I'm testing to group inserts / updates to blocks enclosed with
transaction BEGIN; END;, but it now looks that it will help only little.

PS I plan to rewrite the whole thing to Mysql (even it's no triggers, it
will be harder but possible of course) and to report the result here if
will be interesting)

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