"Christian Paul Cosinas" <cpc 'at' cybees.com> writes: > Hi! > > How can I speed up my server's performance when I use offset and limit > clause. > > For example I have a query: > SELECT * FROM table ORDER BY id, name OFFSET 100000 LIMIT 10000 > > This query takes a long time about more than 2 minutes. > > If my query is: > SELECT * FROM table ORDER BY id, name OFFSET 50000 LIMIT 10000 > It takes about 2 seconds. First you should read the appropriate documentation. http://www.postgresql.org/docs/8.1/interactive/performance-tips.html -- Guillaume Cottenceau