Re: Key/Value reference table generation: INSERT/UPDATE performance

I have rewritten the code like

      existing_words_array :=     ARRAY( select word
                                           from WORD_COUNTS
                                          where word = ANY
( array_of_words ) );
      not_existing_words_array := ARRAY( select distinct_word
                                           from ( select distinct
(array_of_words)[s.index] as distinct_word
                                                    from
generate_series(1, array_upper( array_of_words, 1 ) ) as s(index)
                                                 ) as distinct_words
                                          where distinct_word <> ALL
( existing_words_array ) );
      -- insert the missing words
      if not_existing_words_array is not null then
        insert into WORD_COUNTS
                    ( word, count )
                    ( select word, 1
                        from ( select
not_existing_words_array[s.index] as word
                                 from generate_series( 1,
array_upper( not_existing_words_array, 1 ) ) as s(index) ) as
distinct_words
                     );
      end if;
      -- update the counts
      if existing_words_array is not null then
        update WORD_COUNTS
           set count = COALESCE( count, 0 ) + 1
         where sw_word = ANY ( existing_words_array );
      end if;


Now it processes a million records in 14 seconds... so it was probably
the problem of looking up NOT IN WORD_COUNTS was way too expencive