On Wed, 9 Mar 2005 16:26:53 -0300 (ART), marcelo Cortez <jmdc_marcelo@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Lonni , folks > > > > > You're doing this from within psql or elsewhere? > from putty terminal from windows statiom That doesn't really answer the question. How are you interfacing with the database? Are you using a client, such as psql, or something else? putty just means that you're ssh'ing to the server, but once you're there, how are you connecting to the DB and issuing this update? > > What logging level > default i' guest >From your postgresql.conf i think i saw a debug5 for min_messages. That is not typically a default for most people. Admittedly your word wrap in your MUA is rather narrow (like 35 chars) so parsing through it wasn't the easiest in the world. > > are you using? How 'massive' is this update? > full , the update statement not have filter clause. Full meaning all the rows are being updated? What kind of data is this that you're updating? -- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ L. Friedman netllama@xxxxxxxxx LlamaLand http://netllama.linux-sxs.org ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 3: if posting/reading through Usenet, please send an appropriate subscribe-nomail command to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx so that your message can get through to the mailing list cleanly