On 31/03/2008 20:16, mark wrote:
> is the query I am running , and it takes over 10 seconds to complete
> this query...
>
>
> update users set number_recieved=number_recieved+1 where uid=738889333;
>
> table has about 1.7 million rows.. i have an index on column uid and
> also on number_received. .. this is also slowing down the inserts that
> happen.
Are you VACUUMing the table regularly?
Also, can you show us the EXPLAIN ANALYZE output from the query?
Ray.
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Raymond O'Donnell, Director of Music, Galway Cathedral, Ireland
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