On Tuesday 07 November 2006 22:59, "surabhi.ahuja" 
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I am using postgresql 8.0.0
>
> i have 4 tables a, b, c, d.
> with foreign key constraints.
> between table b and a
> between c and b
> and between d and c
>
> I am doing delete from a
>
> delete from a is taking so long . So i just stopped it.
> what is going wrong

You're most likely missing an index on one of the foreign key fields in one 
of the tables that the delete is cascading to.

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