Tyson Maly wrote:
> If I have a simple table with an id as a primary key that is a serial column 
> and a column to keep
> track of a total_count for a particular id, what method would provide the 
> fastest way to increment the
> total_count in the shortest amount of time and minimize any locking?
> 
> id  serial
> total_count integer

UPDATE tablename SET total_count=total_count+1 WHERE id=42;

Yours,
Laurenz Albe


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