Re: Slow select, insert, update

Paul Langard <pjl@intercellsolutions.com> writes:

> Having trouble with one table (see time to count records below!).
>
> Fairly new to postgres so any help much appreciated.
>
> It only contains 9,106 records - as you can see from:
>
>
> select count(id) from project
>
> count
> 9106
> 1 row(s)
> Total runtime: 45,778.813 ms

> ... the database is regularly vaccuumed.

Hmm.  You might try a VACUUM FULL and a REINDEX on the table (you
don't say what version you are running--REINDEX is sometimes needed on
7.3 and below).

Also, use EXPLAIN ANALYZE on your query and post the result--that's
helpful diagnostic information.

-Doug
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