Re: [GENERAL] Update taking forever

2008-08-15 Thread Jan Otto
Hi Oliver, currently idle except for the update statement. Any suggestions why it takes so long to update a couple million rows? update characters set last_update = null Try to update only rows that not already null. update characters set last_update = null where last_update is not null;

[GENERAL] Update taking forever

2008-08-15 Thread Oliver Weichhold
The below statement is now running for 18 hours on a table with ~8 Million Rows, no triggers no fancy stuff. The database is otherwise performing very well and the server is a development server that's currently idle except for the update statement. Any suggestions why it takes so long to update a