Re: 7.3.4 on Linux: UPDATE .. foo=foo+1 degrades massivly over time - Mailing list pgsql-general

From Philipp Buehler
Subject Re: 7.3.4 on Linux: UPDATE .. foo=foo+1 degrades massivly over time
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Msg-id 20040421200924.GB32666@srv9.de.buehler.net
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In response to Re: 7.3.4 on Linux: UPDATE .. foo=foo+1 degrades massivly over time  (Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>)
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On 21/04/2004, Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us> wrote To Philipp Buehler:
> > While running
> > UPDATE banner SET counterhalf=counterhalf+1 WHERE BannerID=50
> > several thousand times, the return times degrade (somewhat linear).
>
> You need to vacuum occasionally ...
>
> > A following VACCUM brings back return times to 'start' - but I cannot
> > run VACUUM any other minute (?).
>
> Sure you can.

Yes, it's probably bearable. Just that I am sure now, it's a
systematic thing I've to deal with and not some fubar.

Thanks also for the other hints/URLs I got (pg_autovacuum in contrib, etc..)

ciao
--
Philipp Buehler, aka fips | <double-p>

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