Re: Tuning queries on large database

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From: Pierre-Frédéric Caillaud <lists@boutiquenumerique.com>
To: "Rod Taylor" <rbt@rbt.ca>, "Valerie Schneider DSI/DEV" <Valerie.Schneider@meteo.fr>
Cc: "Postgresql Performance" <pgsql-performance@postgresql.org>
Date: 2004-08-04T15:50:56Z
Lists: pgsql-performance, pgsql-general
>> not so bad for oracle. What about for PG ? How data is stored

	I agree with the datatype issue. Smallint, bigint, integer... add a  
constraint...

	Also the way order of the records in the database is very important. As  
you seem to have a very large static population in your table, you should  
insert it, ordered by your favourite selection index (looks like it's  
poste).

	Also, you have a lot of static data which pollutes your table. Why not  
create two tables, one for the current year, and one for all the past  
years. Use a view to present a merged view.