On 10/24/07, Tom Lane <tgl@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > "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.) I was thinking about something similar after writing the last message. Thank you very much for your attention!! Giulio Cesare ---------------------------(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