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Batch Updates with PL/pgSQL (2 tags)
Loops are slow, algorithmically speaking. Every time you find yourself looping over data, you have a process that, at best, scales linearly with the number of items to process. SQL gives you options to perform multiple updates at once; David Wheeler demonstrates how to make them work with PL/pgSQL.