On 10/29/07, Campbell, Lance <lance@xxxxxxxx> wrote: > Thanks for all of your help. The problem was that the result_entry table > had some constraints that pointed to a third table. When I removed > those constraints the performance was amazing. The update took less > than seven minutes to execute. I did not even consider the fact that > constraints to another table would impact the performance. Usually you can put an index on the refrerenced key in the foreign table to speed things up. ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 3: Have you checked our extensive FAQ? http://www.postgresql.org/docs/faq