Hi, Alex, Alex Stapleton wrote: >> explain analyze is more helpful because it prints the times. > > You can always use the \timing flag in psql ;) Have you ever tried EXPLAIN ANALYZE? \timing gives you one total timing, but EXPLAIN ANALYZE gives you timings for sub-plans, including real row counts etc. HTH, Markus -- Markus Schaber | Logical Tracking&Tracing International AG Dipl. Inf. | Software Development GIS Fight against software patents in Europe! www.ffii.org www.nosoftwarepatents.org