On 10/10/07, Theo Kramer <theo@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > When running the query directly from psql it returns the required rows > in less than 100 milli-seconds. > > However, when using a prepared statement from my C application on the > above query and executing it the query duration is as follows > ... > Row[s] = 25, Duration = 435409.474 ms > How are you timing it? Does it really take 435 seconds to complete? Try the following in psql: postgres# PREPARE yourplan (VARCHAR, INT, INT) AS SELECT oid, * FROM calllog WHERE calllog_mainteng = $1 AND calllog_phase = $2 AND calllog_self < $3 OR calllog_mainteng = $1 AND calllog_phase < 8 ORDER BY calllog_mainteng DESC, calllog_phase DESC, calllog_self DESC limit 25; postgres# EXECUTE yourplan('124 ', 8, 366942); -- Jonah H. Harris, Sr. Software Architect | phone: 732.331.1324 EnterpriseDB Corporation | fax: 732.331.1301 499 Thornall Street, 2nd Floor | jonah.harris@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Edison, NJ 08837 | http://www.enterprisedb.com/ ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 4: Have you searched our list archives? http://archives.postgresql.org