Re: choosing fillfactor

From: Heikki Linnakangas <heikki(at)enterprisedb(dot)com>
To: Gene Hart <genekhart(at)gmail(dot)com>
Cc: pgsql-performance(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: choosing fillfactor
Date: 2007-05-18 20:19:00
Message-ID: 464E0A34.6030802@enterprisedb.com
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Gene Hart wrote:
> I've tried searching the documentation to answer this question but could
> not find anything. When trying to choose the optimal fillfactor for an
> index, what is important the number of times the row is updated or the
> column indexed upon is updated? In my case each row is updated on
> average about 5 times but for some of the columns with indexes don't
> change after insertion ever. thanks for any advice

It's the number of times the row is updated, regardless of which columns
are changed.

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Heikki Linnakangas
EnterpriseDB http://www.enterprisedb.com

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