Re: Slow update query

From: Craig Ringer <craig(at)postnewspapers(dot)com(dot)au>
To: elias ghanem <e(dot)ghanem(at)acteos(dot)com>
Cc: pgsql-performance(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: Slow update query
Date: 2010-01-22 03:22:36
Message-ID: 4B5919FC.1070903@postnewspapers.com.au
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elias ghanem wrote:

> Actually this query is inside a function and this function is called
> from a .sh file using the following syntax: psql -h $DB_HOST -p $DB_PORT
> -d $DB_NAME -U $DB_USER -c "SELECT testupdate()"
>
> (the function is called 100 times with a vacuum analyze after each call
> for the table).
>
> So the average execution time of the function is around 2.5 mins,
> meaning that the update query (+ the vacuum) takes 2.5 mins to execute.
> So is this a normal behavior? (The same function in oracle with the same
> environment (with our vacuum obviously) is executed in 11 second).

It might be worth measuring using psql's \timing to see how long the
update and the vacuum take individually.

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Craig Ringer

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