>>>>> "pgsql" == pgsql <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
pgsql> The have a database of information that is coming in at a
pgsql> high speed regular basis. One bit of information is a
pgsql> value. To get this value they must perform SELECT
pgsql> sum(field) FROM table. Well, this simply does not
pgsql> scale. They've used a trigger system with a small summary
pgsql> table where they update, the number in the sumary
pgsql> field. That works fine, except, that after a few thousand
pgsql> updates, the SELECT time takes a while. Then they have to
pgsql> vacuum constanty. It just seems like an ugly and wastefull
pgsql> process.
Sounds like something that TelegraphCQ can do well ..
http://telegraph.cs.berkeley.edu
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