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Re: question on most efficient way to increment a column

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On Wed, May 8, 2013 at 8:45 AM, Tyson Maly <tvmaly@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> If I have a simple table with an id as a primary key that is a serial column
> and a column to keep track of a total_count for a particular id, what method
> would provide the fastest way to increment the total_count in the shortest
> amount of time and minimize any locking?
>
> id  serial
> total_count integer
>


uh,
update foo set total_count = total_count + 1 where id = x;
?

merlin


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