> EXPLAIN ANALYZE doesn't account for all of the runtime involved. In this case, I'd bet that session startup/shutdown is a big part of the difference. > > regards, tom lane Does session startup/shutdown depend on tables used in query? Some simpler query: time psql -c 'explain analyze SELECT te.idt FROM t_positions AS te WHERE te.idtr IN (347186)' QUERY PLAN ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------------------- Index Scan using tg_transelem_index1 on tg_transelem te (cost=0.00..8.43 rows=3 width=4) (actual time=0.130..0.134 rows=3 loops=1) Index Cond: (tr_idtrans = 347186) Total runtime: 0.211 ms real 0m0.017s user 0m0.002s sys 0m0.004s ------------------------------------------- Artur Zajac -- Sent via pgsql-performance mailing list (pgsql-performance@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-performance