Re:

On Wed, 10 Dec 2003 nbarraza(at)uolsinectis(dot)com(dot)ar wrote:

> I have some problems on performance using postgresql v. 7.3.2 running on
> Linux RedHat 9. An update involving several rows (about 500000) on a
> table having 2800000 tuples takes in the order of 6 minutes. It is more
> than it takes on other plataforms (SqlServer, FOX). I think that theres
> something wrong on my configuration. Ive already adjusted some
> parameters as I could understand memory and disk usage. Next, I send a
> description of parameters changed in postgresql.conf, a scheme of the
> table, and an EXPLAIN ANALYZE of the command. The hardware configuration
> is a Pentium III 1 Ghz, 512 MB of memory, and an SCSI drive of 20 GB.
> Following goes the description:

> -- Values changed in postgresql.conf

> CREATE TABLE jugadas (
> fecha_ju character(8),
> hora_ju character(4),
> juego character(2),
> juego_vta character(2),
> sorteo_p character(5),
> sorteo_v character(5),
> nro_servidor character(1),
> ticket character(9),
> terminal character(4),
> sistema character(1),
> agente character(5),
> subagente character(3),
> operador character(2),
> importe character(7),
> anulada character(1),
> icode character(15),
> codseg character(15),
> tipo_moneda character(1),
> apuesta character(100),
> extraido character(1)
> );

Are there any tables that reference this one or other triggers? If so,
what do the tables/contraints/triggers involve look like?

I'm guessing there might be given the difference in the actual time
numbers to the total runtime on the explain analyze.