Re: Why is this taking so damn long?

On Sat, Apr 28, 2001 at 02:18:42PM -0400, some SMTP stream spewed forth:
> I just added a boolean column to an existing database with 70,000 records.
> I then tried to set all the existing columns to true using
> update waypoint set ispublic = TRUE;
> but it's taken over an hour so far.

Hm, we need some damn information. :)
Is there an index on this column?
What version of PostgreSQL are you using?
(Not as relevant) Have you vacuum'ed this table lately?

Thanks...

gh

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