On Sat, Feb 01, 2003 at 12:40:00 +0100, pginfo <pginfo@t1.unisoftbg.com> wrote:
>
> If I try to execute:
> update Table1 set fieldForUpdate = 1 where ID IN (select T2.ID from
> Table2);
> it is running very slow.
You might try: update Table1 set fieldForUpdate = 1 from Table2 where Table1.id = Table2.id;
This uses a nonstandard postgres extension and may not be portable, if that
is a concern.
INs are being speeded up in 7.4, so the original form might work a lot better
in the next release.
