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Re: Bad performance in bulky updates



"Carlos H. Reimer" <carlos(dot)reimer(at)opendb(dot)com(dot)br> writes:
> When one of the biggest tables has all lines updated for example, it takes
> at about 30 minutes for processing. If we drop all indexes (21) and let only
> the primary index the same update takes 2 minutes.

21 indexes??

If update performance is important then you should try to economize on
indexes.  Do you have evidence that each of those indexes is worth its
update costs?

			regards, tom lane



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