Re: [PERFORM] Clearing rows periodically

2003-07-18 Thread Tom Lane
Martin Foster <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > My question is, should the purging of rows be done more often then once > a day for both tables. Is this why performance seems to take a hit > specifically? Given that the hourly purge seems to work well for you, I'd suggest trying it on both tables.

Re: [PERFORM] Clearing rows periodically

2003-07-18 Thread Andrew Sullivan
On Fri, Jul 18, 2003 at 12:55:12AM -0600, Martin Foster wrote: > The other table follows a sequential order and carries more columns of > information. However, this table clears it's entry nightly and with > current settings will delete roughly a days traffic sitting at 50K rows > of information.

Re: [PERFORM] Clearing rows periodically

2003-07-18 Thread Paul Thomas
On 18/07/2003 07:55 Martin Foster wrote: [snip] A VACUUM FULL will correct the issue, but put the site out of commission for roughly 20 minutes as the drive crunches the information. My question is, should the purging of rows be done more often then once a day for both tables. Is this why perform

[PERFORM] Clearing rows periodically

2003-07-17 Thread Martin Foster
I have two tables in the database which are used almost every time someone makes use of the webpages themselves. The first, is some sort of database side parameter list which stores parameters from session to session. While the other, is a table that handles the posting activity of all the rooms