Re: tsvector_update_trigger performance?

From: Oleg Bartunov <oleg(at)sai(dot)msu(dot)su>
To: Chris St Denis <lists(at)on-track(dot)ca>
Cc: pgsql-performance(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: tsvector_update_trigger performance?
Date: 2009-06-24 07:27:21
Message-ID: Pine.LNX.4.64.0906241126360.17118@sn.sai.msu.ru
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On Wed, 24 Jun 2009, Chris St Denis wrote:

> Is tsvector_update_trigger() smart enough to not bother updating a tsvector
> if the text in that column has not changed?

no, you should do check yourself. There are several examples in mailing lists.

>
> If not, can I make my own update trigger with something like
>
> if new.description != old.description
> return tsvector_update_trigger('fti_all', 'pg_catalog.english',
> 'title', 'keywords', 'description');
> else
> return new;
>
> or do I need to do it from scratch?
>
>
> I'm seeing very high cpu load on my database server and my current theory is
> that some of the triggers may be causing it.
>

Regards,
Oleg
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