Re: update slows down in pl/pgsql function - Mailing list pgsql-general

On Tue, 16 Dec 2003, Jenny Zhang wrote:

> I have stored procedure written in pl/pgsql which takes about 13 seconds
> to finish.  I was able to identify that the slowness is caused by one
> update SQL:
>
> UPDATE shopping_cart SET sc_sub_total=sc_subtotal, sc_date=now()
> WHERE sc_id=sc_id;

Umm, is that exactly the condition you're using? Isn't that going to
update the entire table?