"Andrew Dunstan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > HOT is cool, but it really doesn't solve the whole problem. It works for a > significant class of problems, but for example it won't have any significant > effect on the app I'm currently working on which is very index-rich. It would > be a major mistake to think there's no work left to do in improving update > performance.
Another use case it doesn't address is updating a large fraction of the table. If you do a single unconstrained "UPDATE foo SET x=y" your table and indexes will double in size and never shrink back. -- Gregory Stark EnterpriseDB http://www.enterprisedb.com ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 1: if posting/reading through Usenet, please send an appropriate subscribe-nomail command to [EMAIL PROTECTED] so that your message can get through to the mailing list cleanly
