On Mon, Jan 19, 2009 at 2:44 AM, Scott Marlowe <scott.marlowe@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Watch out for bloat when doing this. A simple where change of > > update table set b = 45 ; > > to > > update table set b = 45 where b <> 45 ; > > can save the db a lot of work, and if you can apply the same logic to > your update to save some dead tuples it's worth looking into. I wonder why DB can't do it on its own :) -- GJ -- Sent via pgsql-general mailing list (pgsql-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-general
