2009/11/24 ramasubramanian <ramasubramanian.g@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>: > Dear all, > The query is slow when executing in the stored procedure(it is taking > around 1 minute). when executing as a sql it is taking 4 seconds. > basically i am selecting the varchar column which contain 4000 character. We > have as iindex on the table. We have analyzed the table also. What could be > the reason. How to improve it? Hello use a dynamic query - plpgsql uses prepared statements. It use plans generated without knowledge of real params. Sometime it should to do performance problem. EXECUTE statement (in plpgsql) uses new plan for every call (and generated with knowledge of real params) - so it is a solution for you. http://www.postgresql.org/docs/8.4/static/plpgsql-statements.html#PLPGSQL-STATEMENTS-EXECUTING-DYN Regards Pavel Stehule > > Thanks in Advance > Ram -- Sent via pgsql-performance mailing list (pgsql-performance@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-performance