> SELECT * FROM wan ORDER BY stime LIMIT 50 OFFSET 81900; you need to try and solve the problem without using 'offset'. you could do: BEGIN; DECLARE crs cursor FOR SELECT * FROM wan ORDER BY stime; FETCH ABSOLUTE 81900 in crs; FETCH 49 in crs; CLOSE crs; COMMIT; this may be a bit faster but will not solve the fundamental problem. the more interesting question is why you want to query exactly 81900 rows into a set. This type of thinking will always get you into trouble, absolute positioning will not really work in a true sql sense. if you are browsing a table sequentially, there are much better methods. merlin
