Re: Quick select, slow update - help with performance problems

Gary Stainburn wrote:
> update used_diary set 
>     ud_valet_completed=now(), ud_valet_completed_by=25 
>     where ud_valet_completed is null and 
>         ud_valet_required < CURRENT_DATE-'7 days'::interval
> 
> is still running after approx 1 1/2 minutes.  I've noticed that other updates 
> also seem to take a long time.

Do you have any foreign keys referencing used_diary? Do they have the 
correct indexes on the referencing tables?
Any on-update triggers?

--   Richard Huxton  Archonet Ltd