On 3/10/06, NbForYou <nbforyou@hotmail.com> wrote:
> Hey Michael, you sure know your stuff!
>
> Versions:
>
> PostgreSQL 7.3.9-RH running on the webhost.
> PostgreSQL 8.0.3 running on my homeserver.
>
> So the only solution is to ask my webhost to upgrade its postgresql?
> The question is will he do that? After all a license fee is required for
> commercial use. And running a webhosting service is a commercial use.
>
> thanks for replying and going through the effort of creating the database
> and populating it.
>
> Nick
>
You can look at the explain analyze output of the query from pg 7.3,
figure out why the plan is bad and tweak your query to get optimum
performance.
Yes, I agree with the other statements that say, "upgrade to 7.4 or
8.x if you can" but if you can't, then you can still work on it.
--
Matthew Nuzum
www.bearfruit.org
