X-Original-To: pgsql-sql-postgresql.org@localhost.postgresql.org Received: from localhost (unknown [200.46.204.2]) by svr1.postgresql.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B4603D1B4DE for ; Thu, 12 Feb 2004 03:12:14 +0000 (GMT) Received: from svr1.postgresql.org ([200.46.204.71]) by localhost (neptune.hub.org [200.46.204.2]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id 15223-10 for ; Wed, 11 Feb 2004 23:12:15 -0400 (AST) Received: from sss.pgh.pa.us (unknown [192.204.191.242]) by svr1.postgresql.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 04C5FD1B917 for ; Wed, 11 Feb 2004 23:12:12 -0400 (AST) Received: from sss2.sss.pgh.pa.us (tgl@localhost [127.0.0.1]) by sss.pgh.pa.us (8.12.11/8.12.11) with ESMTP id i1C3CGp8026132; Wed, 11 Feb 2004 22:12:16 -0500 (EST) To: ow Cc: pgsql-sql@postgresql.org Subject: Re: 7.4 - FK constraint performance In-reply-to: <20040212000610.13913.qmail@web60806.mail.yahoo.com> References: <20040212000610.13913.qmail@web60806.mail.yahoo.com> Comments: In-reply-to ow message dated "Wed, 11 Feb 2004 16:06:10 -0800" Date: Wed, 11 Feb 2004 22:12:15 -0500 Message-ID: <26131.1076555535@sss.pgh.pa.us> From: Tom Lane X-Virus-Scanned: by amavisd-new at postgresql.org X-Archive-Number: 200402/107 X-Sequence-Number: 16798 ow writes: > When I try to delete record, it takes > 3 min. Why is it taking so long if > practically the same select query (see (2)) is running very quickly. Anything > that can be done to fix it? What are those column datatypes? regards, tom lane