Re: updates (postgreSQL) very slow

From: "scott(dot)marlowe" <scott(dot)marlowe(at)ihs(dot)com>
To: Bobbie van der Westhuizen <Bobbie(at)idpi1(dot)agric(dot)za>
Cc: <pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org>, <tomcat(at)designmagick(dot)com>
Subject: Re: updates (postgreSQL) very slow
Date: 2004-03-10 17:17:57
Message-ID: Pine.LNX.4.33.0403101015540.10418-100000@css120.ihs.com
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Have you run this update query again and again with vacuuming?

http://www.postgresql.org/docs/7.4/static/maintenance.html#ROUTINE-VACUUMING

If so, you might have millions and millions of dead tuples taking up
space and slowing things down. If you're running 7.4, install the
autovacuum daemon and turn it on. Nice little program that should mostly
take care of this issue for you.

Got any foreign keys on that field? Triggers?

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