Re: More PostgreSQL stuff

Oliver Elphick wrote:
> Copied to PostgreSQL lists, in the hope of comments from the experts...
>
> Martin Schulze wrote:
> >Is there a way to speed up postgres? I'm converting one of my
> >major apps from mSQL to PostgreSQL and PostgreSQL is at least three
> >times slower. That's horrible. With this slowlyness I cannot
> >install PostgreSQL in the office but only at home.
> >
> >So, is there a way to speed it up? I have turned off debugging
> >since I hoped that it was the reason for the slowliness but
> >apparently it isn't.
>
> It depends what you are doing: every update or insert is a separate
> transaction, unless you declare transactions yourself. So use
> BEGIN TRANSACTION ... COMMIT ... END TRANSACTION to enclose related
> updates and you should get a speed improvement.
>
> If you are loading a lot of items, COPY is much faster than
> successive INSERTs.
>
> Consider whether to disable fsync; balance the speed improvement against the
> slightly increased risk of corrupting your database in the event of a
> system crash.

I'm making massive use of SELECT statements. Insert/update is only rare.
Thanks for the hint wrt insert/update. There is an INDEX on the main
select field already.

Regards,

Joey

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