"Joshua D. Drake" <jd@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes: > On Fri, 26 Oct 2007 15:31:44 -0500 > "Campbell, Lance" <lance@xxxxxxxx> wrote: > >> I forgot to include an additional parameter I am using in >> Postgresql.conf: >> > > O.k. first, just to get it out of the way (and then I will try and > help). Please do not top post, it makes replying contextually very > difficult. > >> PostgreSql version 8.2.4 >> >> Memory = 8 Gig >> >> CPUs 1 dual core Zeon running at 3.0 >> > > O.k. first you might be grinding through your 20 checkpoint segments > but in reality what I think is happening is you are doing foreign key > checks against all of it and slowing things down. If you're going to berate someone about top-posting perhaps you should attach your own commentary to relevant bits of context :P But the original post didn't include any foreign key constraints. I suspect you've guessed it right though. In fact I suspect what's happening is he doesn't have an index on the referencing column so the foreign key checks are doing sequential scans of. -- Gregory Stark EnterpriseDB http://www.enterprisedb.com ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 4: Have you searched our list archives? http://archives.postgresql.org