Em 05-12-2017 14:43, Alvaro Herrera escreveu:
Rodrigo Rosenfeld Rosas wrote:
explain analyze delete from field_values where transaction_id=226;
QUERY PLAN
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Delete on field_values (cost=0.43..257.93 rows=481 width=6) (actual
time=367375.805..367375.805 rows=0 loops=1)
-> Index Scan using index_field_values_on_transaction_id on
field_values (cost=0.43..257.93 rows=481 width=6) (actual time=0.223..4.216
rows=651 loops=1)
Index Cond: (transaction_id = 226)
Planning time: 0.234 ms
Execution time: 367375.882 ms
(5 registros)
Time: 367377,085 ms (06:07,377)
Normally this is because you lack indexes on the referencing columns, so
the query that scans the table to find the referencing rows is a
seqscan.
Thank you, Álvaro, that was indeed the case, just like Tom Lane
suggested as well. I found the missing index and fixed it. Thanks :)