In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Josh Berkus wrote: > Reinier, > > For future notice, [SQL] is the correct list for this kind of inquiry. > Please do not post it to [HACKERS]. And please don't cross-post ... it > results in a lot of needless duplication of effort. > >> I have defined a table and the necessary indices. > >> Is the order of index creation relevant? I.e., should I create the >> indices before inserting >> entries or the other way around? > > Ummm ... not to be obvious, or anything, but did you VACCUUM ANALYZE > after populating your table? > > There's also some special steps to take if you are regularly deleting > large numbers of records.
Could you tell me what those steps are or where to find them? I have a db that I delete about 1 million records a day from in a batch job. The only special thing I do is every few days I reindex the table involved to reclame the space burned by the indexes not reclaiming space on deletion of rows. What other good and useful things could I do? Thanks marc > > -Josh > > ______AGLIO DATABASE SOLUTIONS___________________________ > Josh Berkus > Complete information technology [EMAIL PROTECTED] > and data management solutions (415) 565-7293 > for law firms, small businesses fax 621-2533 > and non-profit organizations. San Francisco > > ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- > TIP 4: Don't 'kill -9' the postmaster ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 6: Have you searched our list archives? http://archives.postgresql.org
