On Thu, Feb 23, 2012 at 05:25:46PM +0200, Reuven M. Lerner wrote: > > > >What is the distribution of end_dates? It might be worth running this in > >several steps, deleting records older than, say, 90 days, 60 days, 30 days. > > I've suggested something similar, but was told that we have limited > time to execute the DELETE, and that doing it in stages might not be > possible. > > Reuven > In cases like this, I have often found that doing the delete in smaller pieces goes faster, sometimes much faster, than the bigger delete. Regards, Ken -- Sent via pgsql-performance mailing list (pgsql-performance@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-performance