From: Richard Huxton <dev@archonet.com>
To: Smita Mahadik <smita.mahadik@fedex.com>
Cc: pgsql-sql@postgresql.org
Subject: Re: Commiting after certain no of rows have been deleted
Date: Wed, 21 Dec 2005 09:38:27 +0000
Message-ID: <43A92293.6000309@archonet.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <006d01c60278$2943d440$86ea52c7@smita>
References: <006d01c60278$2943d440$86ea52c7@smita>
Smita Mahadik wrote:
> Hi,
>
> In my application I m deleteing large no of rows from table based on
> certain condition. This takes lot of time and if sometimes my
> application fails it starts all over again...since the coomit is done
> at the end of transactions. Is there a way i can do commit when
> certain no of rows have been deleted? For eg if i need to delete 2
> million rows i should be able to commit after say 10,000 rows.
No - the whole point of the transaction is it all works or none of it
does. But, if you have a suitable ID/Name/timestamp/other varying column
you can break it into smaller chunks:
DELETE FROM contacts WHERE surname LIKE 'A%';
DELETE FROM contacts WHERE surname LIKE 'B%';
...etc... don't forget a final "full" delete to catch anything you miss
DELETE FROM contacts;
Ideally you'll have something with an index on it.
--
Richard Huxton
Archonet Ltd
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