"Daniel Cristian Cruz" <danielcristian@xxxxxxxxx> writes: > 2007/3/28, chris smith <dmagick@xxxxxxxxx>: >>> Total runtime: 13.844 ms >> >> Why bother? > Because faster could be better in a very busy system. If you are concerned about global performance improvement, quit worrying about this micro-detail and get yourself onto a more modern Postgres. regards, tom lane