Re: adding a column takes FOREVER! - Mailing list pgsql-general

From Thomas Kellerer
Subject Re: adding a column takes FOREVER!
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Msg-id j7uevb$d82$1@dough.gmane.org
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In response to Re: adding a column takes FOREVER!  (Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>)
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Tom Lane wrote on 22.10.2011 05:24:
> I'm thinking there is something you haven't told us about that creates a
> great deal of overhead for updates on this table.  Lots and lots o'
> indexes?  Lots and lots o' foreign key references?

Why would an add column need to check foreign key references?

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