Otimize a operação INSERT / UPDATE / DELETE

Definição de tabela modificada

COLUMN           |          TYPE           |      Modifiers
-----------------+-------------------------+---------------------
 id              | INTEGER                 | NOT NULL DEFAULT ... 
 engine_slug     | CHARACTER VARYING(200)  | NOT NULL DEFAULT 'default'
 content_type_id | INTEGER                 | NOT NULL
 object_id       | text                    | NOT NULL
 object_id_int   | INTEGER                 |
 title           | CHARACTER VARYING(1000) | NOT NULL
 description     | text                    | NOT NULL DEFAULT ''
 content         | text                    | NOT NULL
 url             | CHARACTER VARYING(1000) | NOT NULL DEFAULT ''
 meta_encoded    | text                    | NOT NULL DEFAULT '{}'
 search_tsv      | tsvector                | NOT NULL
 ...

ALTER TABLE watson_searchentry ALTER COLUMN  engine_slug DEFAULT 'default';

ALTER TABLE watson_searchentry
ADD CONSTRAINT ws_uni UNIQUE (content_type_id, object_id_int)

Consulte com CTEs de modificação de dados

WITH  ctyp AS (
   SELECT id AS content_type_id
   FROM   django_content_type
   WHERE  app_label = 'web'
   AND    model = 'member'
   )
, sel AS (
   SELECT ctyp.content_type_id
         ,m.id       AS object_id_int
         ,m.id::text AS object_id       -- explicit cast!
         ,m.name     AS title
         ,concat_ws(' ', u.email,m.normalized_name,c.name) AS content
         -- other columns have column default now.
   FROM   web_user    u
   JOIN   web_member  m  ON m.user_id = u.id
   JOIN   web_country c  ON c.id = m.country_id
   CROSS  JOIN ctyp
   WHERE  u.is_active
   )
, del AS (     -- only if you want to del all other entries of same type
   DELETE FROM watson_searchentry w
   USING  ctyp
   WHERE  w.content_type_id = ctyp.content_type_id
   AND    NOT EXISTS (
      SELECT 1
      FROM   sel
      WHERE  sel.object_id_int = w.object_id_int
      )
   )
, up AS (      -- update existing rows
   UPDATE watson_searchentry 
   SET    object_id = s.object_id
         ,title     = s.title
         ,content   = s.content
   FROM   sel s
   WHERE  w.content_type_id = s.content_type_id
   AND    w.object_id_int   = s.object_id_int
   )
               -- insert new rows
INSERT  INTO watson_searchentry (
        content_type_id, object_id_int, object_id, title, content)
SELECT  sel.*  -- safe to use, because col list is defined accordingly above
FROM    sel
LEFT    JOIN watson_searchentry w1 USING (content_type_id, object_id_int)
WHERE   w1.content_type_id IS NULL;

• 
  A subconsulta em django_content_type sempre retorna um único valor? Caso contrário, o CROSS JOIN pode causar problemas.
  
• 
  O primeiro CTE sel reúne as linhas a serem inseridas. Observe como eu escolho nomes de coluna correspondentes para simplificar as coisas.
  
• 
  No CTE del Evito deletar linhas que podem ser atualizadas.
  
• 
  No CTE up essas linhas são atualizadas.
  
• 
  Assim, evito inserir linhas que não foram excluídas antes no INSERT final .
  

Velocidade primeiro

CREATE OR REPLACE FUNCTION update_member_search_index()
  RETURNS VOID AS
$func$
DECLARE
   _ctype_id int := (
      SELECT id
      FROM   django_content_type
      WHERE  app_label='web'
      AND    model = 'member'
      );  -- you can assign at declaration time. saves another statement
BEGIN
   DELETE FROM watson_searchentry
   WHERE content_type_id = _ctype_id;

   INSERT INTO watson_searchentry
         (content_type_id, object_id, object_id_int, title, content)
   SELECT _ctype_id, m.id, m.id::int,m.name
         ,u.email || ' ' || m.normalized_name || ' ' || c.name
   FROM   web_member  m
   JOIN   web_user    u USING (user_id)
   JOIN   web_country c ON c.id = m.country_id
   WHERE  u.is_active;
END
$func$ LANGUAGE plpgsql;