Re: Slow updates, poor IO

John Huttley <John@mib-infotech.co.nz> writes:
> Scott Marlowe wrote:
>> was...  was a part of the trade-offs.

> You are thinking of HOT?
> I don't think it applies in the case of full table updates??

Sure, as long as there's enough free space on each page.

If you wanted to make a table that was optimized for this kind of thing,
you could try creating it with fillfactor 50.

            regards, tom lane