Akash Garg <akash.garg@xxxxxxxxx> writes: > I currently running an update statement that updates every row in a > very large table. This query will obviously take a long time to run. > My question -- is there any way to know how much time it will take > once it starts? Even something that could help me approximate the > speed at which it's doing the update would be helpful. If it's doing a seqscan then strace'ing the backend and noting which blocks it's reading would give you a good hint. If it's an indexscan there's probably no very easy way to tell ... regards, tom lane ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 4: Have you searched our list archives? http://archives.postgresql.org