Re: [GENERAL] Speed issues with update

2000-11-08 Thread Lorenz Bateman
Yup, a full VACUUM analyze was done on the table. The problem seems to be that 95% of processor time is spent in the kernal opening and closing the same table file. This does seem a little strange. Could this be a problem with the code? I've also tried a full reinstall, but to no avail. Loz On T

Re: [GENERAL] Speed issues with update

2000-11-02 Thread Norman Clarke
Lorenz, Have you run VACUUM on the table? Norman On Wednesday 01 November 2000 05:43 am, you wrote: > I'm using 'PostgreSQL 7.0.2 on i386-unknown-freebsdelf4.0, compiled by > cc'. > > The problem is that the following statement takes approx 3hrs on a table > with approx 136,000 records. > > upd

[GENERAL] Speed issues with update

2000-11-01 Thread Lorenz Bateman
I'm using 'PostgreSQL 7.0.2 on i386-unknown-freebsdelf4.0, compiled by cc'. The problem is that the following statement takes approx 3hrs on a table with approx 136,000 records. update table_name set state = 10 where pid is null; pid is indexed. The result from an explain on the statement is as