On Fri, Jul 21, 2006 at 07:41:02 +0000, Alaa El Gohary <alaaelgohary@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > The following bug has been logged online: The report below isn't a bug, its a performance question and should have been sent to pgsql-performance@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx I am redirecting replies there. > A query on the postgresql DB takes about 5 seconds and then it starts to > take more time till it reaches about 60 seconds by the end of the same day. > I tried vacuum but nothing changed the only thing that works is to dump the > DB ,drop and create a new one with the dump taken. > i need to know if there is any way to restore the performance back without > the need for drop and create > cause i can't do this accross the day You most likely aren't vacuuming often enough and/or don't have your FSM setting high enough.