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We have a query to remove some rows from the table based on an id field (primary key). It is a pretty straightforward query:
delete all from OUR_TABLE where ID in (123, 345, ...) The problem is no.of ids can be huge (Eg. 70k), so the query takes a long time. Is there any way to optimize this? (We are using sybase – if that matters).
Consider running this in batches. A loop running 1000 records at a time may be much faster than one query that does everything and in addition will not keep the table locked out to other users for as long at a stretch.
If you have cascade delete (and lots of foreign key tables affected) or triggers involved, you may need to run in even smaller batches. You’ll have to experiement to see which is the best number for your situation. I’ve had tables where I had to delete in batches of 100 and others where 50000 worked (fortunate in that case as I was deleting a million records).
But in any even I would put my key values that I intend to delete into a temp table and delete from there.