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From: Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>
To: Michael L. Hostbaek <mich@the-lab.org>
Cc: pgsql-sql@postgresql.org
Subject: Re: Performance issue
Date: Sat, 01 May 2004 00:37:48 -0400
Message-ID: <10459.1083386268@sss.pgh.pa.us> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20040427091252.GA93126@mich2.itxmarket.com>
References: <20040427091252.GA93126@mich2.itxmarket.com>

"Michael L. Hostbaek" <mich@the-lab.org> writes:
> I cron script is being run every night (while very low db activity),
> that deletes all rows from the table, and injects a bunch of new data...

You should vacuum in between ... or even better, do the deletion with
TRUNCATE.

			regards, tom lane



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