X-Original-To: pgsql-performance-postgresql.org@localhost.postgresql.org Received: from localhost (mx1.hub.org [200.46.208.251]) by postgresql.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 08F869FA5E9 for ; Tue, 30 May 2006 05:36:20 -0300 (ADT) Received: from postgresql.org ([200.46.204.71]) by localhost (mx1.hub.org [200.46.208.251]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id 48761-01 for ; Tue, 30 May 2006 05:36:10 -0300 (ADT) X-Greylist: from auto-whitelisted by SQLgrey- Received: from server.nextgap2000.com (server.nextgap2000.com [66.98.160.7]) by postgresql.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6DD9B9FA317 for ; Tue, 30 May 2006 05:36:09 -0300 (ADT) Received: from 85.64.46.244.dynamic.barak-online.net ([85.64.46.244] helo=jonathanlaptop) by server.nextgap2000.com with esmtpa (Exim 4.52) id 1FkzhF-0005ua-CX; Tue, 30 May 2006 11:35:26 +0300 From: "Jonathan Blitz" To: "'Francisco Reyes'" Cc: Subject: Re: Adding and filling new column on big table Date: Tue, 30 May 2006 11:35:55 +0200 Message-ID: <005701c683cc$7757af00$ddf71005@jonathanlaptop> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="windows-1250" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Microsoft Office Outlook 11 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2800.1807 In-reply-to: Thread-Index: AcaDmGicd+uhOzvEQ7y0TIFGt8auewAM9yVQ X-AntiAbuse: This header was added to track abuse, please include it with any abuse report X-AntiAbuse: Primary Hostname - server.nextgap2000.com X-AntiAbuse: Original Domain - postgresql.org X-AntiAbuse: Originator/Caller UID/GID - [47 12] / [47 12] X-AntiAbuse: Sender Address Domain - anykey.co.il X-Source: X-Source-Args: X-Source-Dir: X-Virus-Scanned: Maia Mailguard 1.0.1 X-Archive-Number: 200605/520 X-Sequence-Number: 19307 > > So, I have tried to run the following command. The command never finishes > > (I gave up after about and hour and a half!). > > Did you ever find what was the problem? > Perhaps you needed to run a vacuum full on the table? Nope. I just gave up in the end and left it with NULL as the default value. There were, in fact, over 2 million rows in the table rather than 1/4 of a million so that was part of the problem. Jonathan -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.1.394 / Virus Database: 268.7.4/351 - Release Date: 05/29/2006