slow down on UPDATE using IN statements

[MaRcElO PeReIrA]

Hi there,

I was in troubles with a UPDATE+IN statement:

The following command use to take about 5 minutes to
be done:

UPDATE requisicao SET conclusao='3' WHERE reg IN
(SELECT reg FROM requisicao WHERE now()-data>'15
days');

The table 'requisicao' has only about 400 lines (!!).

If I change it to:

UPDATE requisicao SET conclusao='3' WHERE reg IN (12,
45, 87, 98, 129, 350, 389);

I have detected that the major problem isn't in the
amount of lines changed, but in the subselect.

How can I solve/optimize it? I would like to use the
IN, but in the last case I would make a software
change.

Thanks in advance and
Best regards,

Marcelo Pereira
Brazil

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[Martijn van Oosterhout]

In versions 7.3 and before, IN was a dog compared to the equivalent EXISTS
statement. But given your timings, how long has it been since you did a
VACUUM ANALYZE FULL on your database?

Or REINDEX on any of the indexes?

Hope this helps,

On Mon, Nov 03, 2003 at 10:52:44AM -0300, MaRcElO PeReIrA wrote:

Hi there,

I was in troubles with a UPDATE+IN statement:

The following command use to take about 5 minutes to
be done:

UPDATE requisicao SET conclusao='3' WHERE reg IN
(SELECT reg FROM requisicao WHERE now()-data>'15
days');

The table 'requisicao' has only about 400 lines (!!).

If I change it to:

UPDATE requisicao SET conclusao='3' WHERE reg IN (12,
45, 87, 98, 129, 350, 389);

I have detected that the major problem isn't in the
amount of lines changed, but in the subselect.

How can I solve/optimize it? I would like to use the
IN, but in the last case I would make a software
change.

Thanks in advance and
Best regards,

Marcelo Pereira
Brazil

Yahoo! Mail - o melhor webmail do Brasil
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[Stephan Szabo]

On Mon, 3 Nov 2003, [iso-8859-1] MaRcElO PeReIrA wrote:

Hi there,

I was in troubles with a UPDATE+IN statement:

The following command use to take about 5 minutes to
be done:

UPDATE requisicao SET conclusao='3' WHERE reg IN
(SELECT reg FROM requisicao WHERE now()-data>'15
days');

The table 'requisicao' has only about 400 lines (!!).

If I change it to:

UPDATE requisicao SET conclusao='3' WHERE reg IN (12,
45, 87, 98, 129, 350, 389);

I have detected that the major problem isn't in the
amount of lines changed, but in the subselect.

How can I solve/optimize it? I would like to use the
IN, but in the last case I would make a software
change.

The easiest is wait for 7.4 where IN optimizes better than it has in the
past and see if that resolves the problem, otherwise, try
changing the query into an exists form.

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[mallah]

Is the query below any different from what you are trying to accomplish.

UPDATE requisicao SET conclusao='3' WHERE now()-data>'15 days' ;

if you want to use the exact query more efficiently you may rewrite
using EXISTS as

UPDATE requisicao AS a SET conclusao='3' WHERE
EXISTS (select * from requisicao where reg=a.reg and
now()-data>'15 days' ) ;
Best Regards
Mallah.

Hi there,

I was in troubles with a UPDATE+IN statement:

The following command use to take about 5 minutes to
be done:

UPDATE requisicao SET conclusao='3' WHERE reg IN
(SELECT reg FROM requisicao WHERE now()-data>'15
days');

The table 'requisicao' has only about 400 lines (!!).

If I change it to:

UPDATE requisicao SET conclusao='3' WHERE reg IN (12,
45, 87, 98, 129, 350, 389);

I have detected that the major problem isn't in the
amount of lines changed, but in the subselect.

How can I solve/optimize it? I would like to use the
IN, but in the last case I would make a software
change.

Thanks in advance and
Best regards,

Marcelo Pereira
Brazil

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[mallah]

Oops sorry AS is not allowed.

UPDATE requisicao AS a SET conclusao='3' WHERE
EXISTS (select * from requisicao where reg=a.reg and
now()-data>'15 days' ) ;

probably below will work.
UPDATE requisicao SET conclusao='3' WHERE
EXISTS (select * from requisicao as a where reg=requisicao.reg and
now()-data>'15 days' ) ;

Regds
Mallah.

Hi,

Is this right?? Can I use AS on UPDATE???

Regards,

Marcelo

--- ma****@trade-india.com escreveu: >

Is the query below any different from what you are
trying to accomplish.

UPDATE requisicao SET conclusao='3' WHERE
now()-data>'15 days' ;

if you want to use the exact query more efficiently
you may rewrite
using EXISTS as

UPDATE requisicao AS a SET conclusao='3' WHERE
EXISTS (select * from requisicao where reg=a.reg and
now()-data>'15 days' ) ;
Best Regards
Mallah.

> Hi there,
>
> I was in troubles with a UPDATE+IN statement:
>
> The following command use to take about 5 minutes

to

> be done:
>
> UPDATE requisicao SET conclusao='3' WHERE reg IN
> (SELECT reg FROM requisicao WHERE now()-data>'15
> days');
>
> The table 'requisicao' has only about 400 lines

(!!).

>
> If I change it to:
>
> UPDATE requisicao SET conclusao='3' WHERE reg IN

(12,

> 45, 87, 98, 129, 350, 389);
>
> I have detected that the major problem isn't in

the

> amount of lines changed, but in the subselect.
>
> How can I solve/optimize it? I would like to use

the

> IN, but in the last case I would make a software
> change.
>
> Thanks in advance and
> Best regards,
>
> Marcelo Pereira
> Brazil
>
> Yahoo! Mail - o melhor webmail do Brasil
> http://mail.yahoo.com.br
>
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