Yes, the query operates only on indexed columns (all numeric(10)'s). Column | Type | Modifiers -------------------------------+-----------------------------+-------------- --------------- user_account_id | numeric(10,0) | not null [snip] Indexes: user_account_pkey primary key btree (user_account_id), Foreign Key constraints: $1 FOREIGN KEY (lang_id) REFERENCES lang(lang_id) ON UPDATE NO ACTION ON DELETE NO ACTION, $2 FOREIGN KEY (source_id) REFERENCES source(source_id) ON UPDATE NO ACTION ON DELETE NO ACTION, $3 FOREIGN KEY (user_role_id) REFERENCES user_role(user_role_id) ON UPDATE NO ACTION ON DELETE NO ACTION
David ----- Original Message ----- From: "Joe Conway" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "David Griffiths" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Sunday, October 12, 2003 6:37 PM Subject: Re: [PERFORM] Another weird one with an UPDATE > David Griffiths wrote: > >>I think you want something like: > >>UPDATE user_account SET last_name = 'abc' > >> WHERE EXISTS (SELECT 1 FROM commercial_entity ce, commercial_service cs > >> WHERE user_account.user_account_id = ce.user_account_id AND > >> ce.commercial_entity_id = cs.commercial_entity_id); > > > > Unfort, this is still taking a long time. > > ------- > > Seq Scan on user_account (cost=0.00..748990.51 rows=36242 width=716) > > Do you have an index on user_account.user_account_id? > > Joe ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 7: don't forget to increase your free space map settings