Re: Need suggestion on how best to update 3 million rows - Mailing list pgsql-general

From hubert depesz lubaczewski
Subject Re: Need suggestion on how best to update 3 million rows
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Msg-id 20070906111531.GA7520@depesz.com
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In response to Re: Need suggestion on how best to update 3 million rows  (Alban Hertroys <alban@magproductions.nl>)
Responses Re: Need suggestion on how best to update 3 million rows  (Nis Jørgensen <nis@superlativ.dk>)
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On Thu, Sep 06, 2007 at 11:08:02AM +0200, Alban Hertroys wrote:
> create index tmp_idx on table(number) where number != trim(number);
> analyze table;
> update table set number = trim(number) where number != trim(number);

dont use !=. use <>. != does something different, and in fact it is
not a real operator - it's just 2 operators bundled together.

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