[GENERAL] question on most efficient way to increment a column

If I have a simple table with an id as a primary key that is a serial column and a column to keep track of a total_count for a particular id, what method would provide the fastest way to increment the total_count in the shortest amount of time and minimize any locking? id  serial total_count i

Re: [GENERAL] question on most efficient way to increment a column

In some cases, it would be 2-10 times a second per id. From: Scott Marlowe To: Tyson Maly Cc: "pgsql-general@postgresql.org" Sent: Wednesday, May 8, 2013 10:10 PM Subject: Re: [GENERAL] question on most efficient way to increment a column How