On Tue, Jan 17, 2006 at 09:17:41PM -0800, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Hi All, > > I haven't vacuum/analysed the D2 database or for that matter D1. > In fact I have never used VACUUM before. > Maybe that is the problem. > > What are the benefits of the VACUUM command in PostgreSQL?
VACUUM is as close as it comes to fast=true. If you don't do it your database is almost guaranteed to become dog slow after a while. http://www.pervasive-postgres.com/lp/newsletters/2005/Insights_opensource_Dec.asp#2 will probably be enlightening for you... -- Jim C. Nasby, Sr. Engineering Consultant [EMAIL PROTECTED] Pervasive Software http://pervasive.com work: 512-231-6117 vcard: http://jim.nasby.net/pervasive.vcf cell: 512-569-9461 ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 9: In versions below 8.0, the planner will ignore your desire to choose an index scan if your joining column's datatypes do not match
