On 3/10/06, NbForYou <nbforyou@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Hey Michael, you sure know your stuff! > > Versions: > > PostgreSQL 7.3.9-RH running on the webhost. > PostgreSQL 8.0.3 running on my homeserver. > > So the only solution is to ask my webhost to upgrade its postgresql? > The question is will he do that? After all a license fee is required for > commercial use. And running a webhosting service is a commercial use. > > thanks for replying and going through the effort of creating the database > and populating it. > > Nick > You can look at the explain analyze output of the query from pg 7.3, figure out why the plan is bad and tweak your query to get optimum performance. Yes, I agree with the other statements that say, "upgrade to 7.4 or 8.x if you can" but if you can't, then you can still work on it. -- Matthew Nuzum www.bearfruit.org
