On 21 Sep 2010, at 16:13, William Temperley wrote: > Dear all, > > I have a single "source" table that is referenced by six > specialization tables, which include: > "journal_article" > "report" > 4 more.... > > e.g.: > """ > update source set citation = get_report_citation( > (select source from source where id = NEW.source_ptr_id), > NEW > ); > """ Well, depending on how many rows are in source, updating them all can take a while. Eventually those changes will have to go to disk, so it's probably pretty much I/O-bound. I get the impression you're missing a WHERE clause on that UPDATE statement though, or otherwise I can't understand why you'd want to update all citations every time one source record changes. Alban Hertroys -- If you can't see the forest for the trees, cut the trees and you'll see there is no forest. !DSPAM:737,4c98edf010251425489017! -- Sent via pgsql-general mailing list (pgsql-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-general
