Craig Ringer <craig@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes: > It seems to happen with every statement run in the same transaction as, > and after, the procedure with all the subtransactions. As soon as a > COMMIT is executed, operations return to normal speed. Ah. I misread your post as saying that it happened only once. regards, tom lane -- Sent via pgsql-performance mailing list (pgsql-performance@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-performance