It would seem that my postgresql database system is getting slower and slower at dropping tables and possibly other tasks too. Am I being paranoid? I don't think so. Can anyone think of anything that would cause dropping a table with little data contained within it to take several seconds (and growing)? I have vacuumed the database. Here is a list of guessed on the factors which may be involved: - there are several triggers on each table. - the table does have a referential constraint ON DELETE CASCADE - upgraded to 7.1 but not to 7.1.2 - there is very little data in any of the tables - the project is still under development and isn't getting any traffic - we use scripts which create tables, we CREATE and DROP a lot of tables Thanks for any feedback. Andy Koch. ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 5: Have you checked our extensive FAQ? http://www.postgresql.org/users-lounge/docs/faq.html