Re: Performance Issues - Mailing list pgsql-general

From M.Feldtmann@t-online.de (Marten Feldtmann)
Subject Re: Performance Issues
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Msg-id 3A5D6113.86CD1A8C@toppoint.de
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In response to Performance Issues  ("John Menke" <john@eagleinfosystems.com>)
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> John Menke schrieb:
>
> I am in the design phase of a new database that contains one very long
> thin table.  Are there any peformance issues with index lookups to a
> table like this if table becomes extremly long?  Lets say hundreds of
> thousands to millions of records...  Remember, the table only has one
> column.
>
> Another question.  If the size of data in this record were to vary
> greatly, would that have an impact on performance?
>
>

 insert and updates times may grow linear if you've indices,
otherwise selects will be pretty stable.

 Marten

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