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* how can i UPDATE without dead rows
@ 2005-06-17 13:08 csepinek@freemail.hu
  2005-06-17 16:09 ` Re: how can i UPDATE without dead rows Richard Huxton <dev@archonet.com>
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From: csepinek@freemail.hu @ 2005-06-17 13:08 UTC (permalink / raw)
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<P>Hi!</P>
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<P>My program must use UPDATE usualy, and there will be many dead rows in this table&nbsp;</P>
<P>what throttle down the db server. I would like to update so not create dead row.</P>
<P>How can i do this?</P>
<P><BR></P>
<P>sorry for my english :)</P>
<P><A class=RVTS7 href="mailto:csepinek@freemail.hu"><BR></A></P>

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* Re: how can i UPDATE without dead rows
  2005-06-17 13:08 how can i UPDATE without dead rows csepinek@freemail.hu
@ 2005-06-17 16:09 ` Richard Huxton <dev@archonet.com>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 2+ messages in thread

From: Richard Huxton @ 2005-06-17 16:09 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: csepinek@freemail.hu; +Cc: pgsql-sql

csepinek@freemail.hu wrote:
> Hi!
> 
> 
> My program must use UPDATE usualy, and there will be many dead rows in this table 
> what throttle down the db server. I would like to update so not create dead row.
> How can i do this?

You can't - that's how MVCC works. Make sure your free-space-map 
settings are large enough in postgresql.conf and that you vacuum enough 
- that will keep the "dead" space being re-used.

-- 
   Richard Huxton
   Archonet Ltd



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