Re: update performance

On Wednesday 11 February 2004 14:08, stefan bogdan wrote:
> hello
> i have postgres 7.3.2.,linux redhat 9.0
> a database,and 20 tables
> a lot of fields are char(x)
> when i have to make update for all the fields except index
> postgres works verry hard
> what should i've changed in configuration to make it work faster

Stefan - we need more information to help you. We'll want to know:
1. The query being run
2. EXPLAIN ANALYSE ... results for that query
3. The size of the tables involved.
4. That the tables have been VACCUM ANALYSE'd

PS - you should upgrade to 7.3.4 (or is it 7.3.5 now?)

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  Richard Huxton
  Archonet Ltd