Re: Re. Select with where condition times out

Michael Nolan <htfoot@gmail.com>

From: Michael Nolan <htfoot@gmail.com>
To: "sivapostgres@yahoo.com" <sivapostgres@yahoo.com>
Cc: Postgresql General Group <pgsql-general@lists.postgresql.org>
Date: 2024-07-20T19:21:56Z
Lists: pgsql-general
On Thu, Jul 18, 2024 at 4:38 AM sivapostgres@yahoo.com
<sivapostgres@yahoo.com> wrote:
>
> Hello,
> PG V11
>
> Select count(*) from table1
> Returns 10456432
>
> Select field1, field2 from table1 where field3> '2024-07-18 12:00:00'
> Times out
>
> The above query was working fine for the past 2 years.
>
> Backup was taken a day back.  Need to recover complete data as far as possible.
>
> Any possible way(s) to do this?
>
> BKR Sivaprakash
>

If you do a full backup, does it complete in a normal manner and the usual time?

Have you tried doing a shutdown and restart of the database, or
possibly rebooting the server?

You may need to alter the database server settings to increase the
maximum query time.

Mike Nolan
htfoot@gmail.com