[PERFORM] Queries slow using stored procedures

2004-10-18 Thread Rod Dutton
Hi, I have a problem where a query inside a function is up to 100 times slower inside a function than as a stand alone query run in psql. The column 'botnumber' isa character(10), is indexed and there are 125000 rows in the table. Help please! This query is fast:- explain analyze

[PERFORM] Queries slow using stored procedures

2004-10-24 Thread Rod Dutton
Hi, Has anybody got any ideas on my recent posting ? (thanks in advance) :- I have a problem where a query inside a function is up to 100 times slower inside a function than as a stand alone query run in psql. The column 'botnumber' isa character(10), is indexed and there are 125000

[PERFORM] Reindexdb and REINDEX

2004-10-24 Thread Rod Dutton
Hi, I have had some performance problems recently on very large tables (10s of millions of rows). A vacuum full did make a large improvement and then dropping re-creating the indexes also was very beneficial. My performance problem has now been solved. My question is: will using the

FW: [PERFORM] can't handle large number of INSERT/UPDATEs

2004-10-26 Thread Rod Dutton
Eliminate that contention point, and you will have solved your problem. I agree, If your updates are slow then you will get a queue building up. Make sure that:- 1) all your indexing is optimised. 2) you are doing regular vacuuming (bloated tables will cause a slow down due to swapping). 3)