Slow deletion of data from tables - Mailing list pgsql-general

From orfenur@ulrik.uio.no (Rune Froysa)
Subject Slow deletion of data from tables
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Msg-id 53a989c.0407010835.21f8bf5c@posting.google.com
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Responses Re: Slow deletion of data from tables  (Grant McLean <grant@catalyst.net.nz>)
List pgsql-general
I have one table with columns that are used as foreign-keys from
several other tables.  Sometimes deletion from this table takes +5
seconds for a single row.  Are there any utilities that can be used to
figure out why the deletion takes so long?  "ANALYZE DELETE FROM foo
WHERE bar=gazonk" doesn't really help as it only explains how the
where statement is resolved, and not what postgres has to do to
preserve database integrity.

Regards,

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