Jeremy Jongsma <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > My questions are: > 1) How can #3 take 30 times as long as #2, given that in my databse they > have the exact same number of rows returned and are drawn from the exact > same tables? > 2) How is it possible for #3, a subset of #1 with a very simple WHERE > clause, to take three times longer than #1 to execute?
> I can provide table definitions if needed. What would be more useful is EXPLAIN ANALYZE output (and you have ANALYZEd all the underlying tables, no?). This is a bit off topic for pgsql-general though, please take it to pgsql-performance. regards, tom lane ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 1: subscribe and unsubscribe commands go to [EMAIL PROTECTED]