On Wed, 10 Nov 2004 14:51:57 +0100, Michael Kleiser <mkl@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Statement st = con.createStatement(); > java.sql.Timestamp datum = new java.sql.Timestamp(new Date().getTime()); > Date start = new Date(); > System.out.println(start); > for (int i=0; i<100; ++i) { > st.executeUpdate("insert into history(uuid,coni,date,direction,partner,type) values('uuid','content','"+datum+"','dir','partner','type')"); > } how about using PreparedStatment? that's on the java end. on the pg end, maybe do a BEGIN before the for loop and END at the end of the for loop. -- i'm not flying. i'm falling... in style.