On Thu, Mar 18, 2010 at 16:09, Stephen Frost <sfrost@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Corin, > > * Corin (wakathane@xxxxxxxxx) wrote: >> {"QUERY PLAN"=>"Total runtime: 5.847 ms"} > > This runtime is the amount of time it took for the backend to run the > query. > >> 44.173002243042 > > These times are including all the time required to get the data back to > the client. If you don't use cursors, all data from the query is > returned all at once. Can you post the script you're using along with > the table schema and maybe some sample or example data? Also, are you > doing this all inside a single transaction, or are you creating a new > transaction for every query? I trust you're not reconnecting to the > database for every query.. Just as a note here, since the OP is using Debian. If you are connecting over TCP, debian will by default to SSL on your connection which obviously adds a *lot* of overhead. If you're not actively using it (in which case you will control this from pg_hba.conf), just edit postgresql.conf and disable SSL, then restart the server. -- Magnus Hagander Me: http://www.hagander.net/ Work: http://www.redpill-linpro.com/ -- Sent via pgsql-performance mailing list (pgsql-performance@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-performance