On 3/29/06, Greg Quinn <greg@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > how many rows does it return ? a few, or a lot ? > > 3000 Rows - 7 seconds - very slow > > Which client library may have a problem? I am using OleDb, though haven't > tried the .NET connector yet. esilo=# create temp table use_npgsql as select v, 12345 as a, 'abcdef' as b, 'abcdef' as c, 4 as d from generate_series(1,100000) v; SELECT Time: 203.000 ms esilo=# explain analyze select * from use_npgsql; QUERY PLAN ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Seq Scan on use_npgsql (cost=0.00..1451.16 rows=61716 width=76) (actual time=0.007..176.106 rows=100000 loops=1) Total runtime: 336.809 ms (2 rows) I just pulled out 100k rows in about 1/3 second. The problem is not your postgresql configuration. Your problem is possibly in the oledb driver. The last time I looked at it, it was not production ready. http://pgfoundry.org/frs/?group_id=1000140&release_id=407 Merlin