Simon, > If we perform an update that meets the HOT criteria then we put the > new version into the overflow relation; we describe this as a HOT > UPDATE. If we perform an update that does not meet the criteria, then we > carry on with the existing/old MVCC behaviour; we describe this as a > non-HOT UPDATE.
Making the essential performance analysis question, "Am I HOT or Not?" Sorry, but someone had to say it. ;-) -- --Josh Josh Berkus PostgreSQL @ Sun San Francisco ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 1: if posting/reading through Usenet, please send an appropriate subscribe-nomail command to [EMAIL PROTECTED] so that your message can get through to the mailing list cleanly