On 05.03.2005 00:24 PFC wrote: > Every time a row is removed from pwd_name, the ON DELETE CASCADE > trigger will look in pwd_name_rev if there is a row to delete... Does > it have an index on pwd_name_rev( rev_of ) ? If not you'll get a full > table scan for every row deleted in pwd_name...
Yes that's it, thanks a lot! pwdcheck=# explain analyze delete from pwd_name where description=1; QUERY PLAN ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Seq Scan on pwd_name (cost=0.00..116571.15 rows=1774250 width=6) (actual time=9526.671..21957.920 rows=543348 loops=1) Filter: (description = 1) Total runtime: 35555.749 ms (3 rows) Is it possible to get fired triggers/called stored procedures and things like that in an 'explain' ? To find out why the delete is that slow I did: pwdcheck=# explain analyze delete from pwd_name where id in pwdcheck-# (select id from pwd_name where description=1 limit 10); There was no hint that every deleted row leads to a full table scan. Thomas ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 7: don't forget to increase your free space map settings