Ron Mayer <rm...@cheapcomplexdevices.com> writes:
> Would doing something with ctid be even better?
> Or does it have some risks I'm missing.   I'm thinking
> something like:

> update table set new_column=[whatever] where ctid<'(10000,1)';
> vacuum;
> update table set new_column=[whatever] where ctid>'(10000,1)' and 
> ctid<'(20000,1');
> vacuum;
> ...
> update table set new_column=[whatever] where ctid>'(180000,1)';
> vacuum;

You are forgetting the fact that an UPDATE in itself changes a row's
ctid.

                        regards, tom lane

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