Re: very slow updates in 8.3? - Mailing list pgsql-general

From Richard Broersma
Subject Re: very slow updates in 8.3?
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Msg-id 396486430804190621o5cecbb3ar61a6d05b6378e14c@mail.gmail.com
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In response to very slow updates in 8.3?  (Anton Andreev <fn30762@fmi.uni-sofia.bg>)
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On Sat, Apr 19, 2008 at 1:33 AM, Anton Andreev <fn30762@fmi.uni-sofia.bg> wrote:
>  update table1 set params_count=0;
>  it takes too long to complete: 11000 rows - 100 s.
>  Postgresql 8.3 configuration on Turion 64 with 1.4 Gb RAM, Windows XP
>  Which compiler is used to build Postgresql on Windows? Is it 9?

Does this table have alot of indexs, or trigger function for deletes?

Remember that in postgresql, an update is really a delete and an
insert since postgreSQL uses the MVCC model.  So you are actually
doing twice the work.

To start, could you post the EXPLAIN ANALYZE for this query?


Also, if you are going to run this query alot, you might want to alter
your FILLFACTOR for you table and associated index to 50%.

ALTER TABLE yourtable SET ( FILLFACTOR = 50 );
ALTER INDEX yourindex1 SET ( FILLFACTOR = 50);

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Regards,
Richard Broersma Jr.

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