[SQL] INSERT waiting under heavy load

After digging through all the discussions of "INSERT waiting" problems I am still not clear about the concensus about solving it. I am running ration 6:1 SELECT:INSERT (insert fires up an UPDATE trigger that hits a column in a table holding keys used by SELECT). I am looking at doing about 2,00

Re: [SQL] INSERT waiting under heavy load

> > After digging through all the discussions of "INSERT waiting" problems I am > > still not clear about the concensus about solving it. > > ... > > The only thing that I do not particulary like is that every INSERT > > into this table has to adjust a counter column in a corresponding row of the >

[SQL] stored procedures for complex SELECTs

Are there performance advantages that can be achieved by wrapping a complex SELECT into a stored procedure? Alex ---(end of broadcast)--- TIP 4: Have you searched our list archives? http://archives.postgresql.org

[SQL] executing external command

Is there a way to execute an external i.e. system command from inside a pl/pgsql function? Alex ---(end of broadcast)--- TIP 9: In versions below 8.0, the planner will ignore your desire to choose an index scan if your joining column's data

[SQL] How to find entries missing in 2nd table?

Hi, I realize I probably lost my marbles but I've been having a god awful time with a single query: control: controller_id pk; datapack: controller_id fk; I need to get all entries from the table contr