| From: | Doug McNaught <doug(at)mcnaught(dot)org> |
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| To: | Peter Choe <choepete(at)mindspring(dot)com> |
| Cc: | pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org |
| Subject: | Re: process time of update |
| Date: | 2002-11-26 14:09:11 |
| Message-ID: | m3d6osfmns.fsf@varsoon.wireboard.com |
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Peter Choe <choepete(at)mindspring(dot)com> writes:
> i have a postgres database (version 6.5.3) that gets update by a Java
> program every night.
> it seems that each time the update is done it always takes a bit
> longer to complete the process. when it first started it took about 2
> minutes. now it takes about 2 hours to do the update. is there
> something i can do to bring down the time it takes to update the
> database?
1) Are you running VACUUM regularly?
2) You are way, way, way out of date. 6.5.3 is at least five years old
and has known bugs. You will see a lot of improvements in
functionality and performance if you upgrade to 7.2.3 or the
upcoming 7.3 release.
-Doug
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