"Giulio Cesare Solaroli" <giulio.cesare@xxxxxxxxx> writes: > How can I try to isolate the trigger taking so long, in oder to > understand which is/are the missing index(es)? Try SET CONSTRAINTS ALL IMMEDIATE and then EXPLAIN ANALYZE the delete. This should cause all the triggers to run within the scope of the EXPLAIN ANALYZE, and you'll be able to see which one(s) are slow. (This assumes you're running a recent release of PG; I think EXPLAIN shows trigger times since 8.1 or so.) regards, tom lane ---------------------------(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 datatypes do not match