> Why in the world are you using a for-loop for this at all? It would be > tremendously faster as a single SQL command: > > update duplicates set hashcode = rtrim(hashcode, E'\n') where > length(hashcode) = 33;
Thank you. I was "caught" in the plpgsql-lane. This is of course much simpler and much faster. -- regards Claus When lenity and cruelty play for a kingdom, the gentler gamester is the soonest winner. Shakespeare -- Sent via pgsql-sql mailing list (pgsql-sql@postgresql.org) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-sql