Re: Comparitive UPDATE speed

From: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: Josh Berkus <josh(at)agliodbs(dot)com>
Cc: Andrew Sullivan <andrew(at)libertyrms(dot)info>, pgsql-performance(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: Comparitive UPDATE speed
Date: 2002-10-04 19:45:28
Message-ID: 26159.1033760728@sss.pgh.pa.us
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Josh Berkus <josh(at)agliodbs(dot)com> writes:
> When the UPDATE query takes a long time, I generally can watch the log hover
> in the land of "Reaping dead child processes" for 30-90 seconds per
> iteration.

Uh ... would you translate that observation into English please? Or
better, provide the log output you're looking at?

regards, tom lane

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