Albe Laurenz <laurenz.albe@xxxxxxxxxx> writes: > Phil S wrote: >> explain analyze >> select * from message >> limit 1 >> >> "Limit (cost=0.00..0.44 rows=1 width=1517) (actual time=0.009..0.009 rows=1 loops=1)" >> " -> Seq Scan on message (cost=0.00..28205.48 rows=64448 width=1517) (actual time=0.007..0.007 >> rows=1 loops=1)" >> "Planning time: 3667.361 ms" >> "Execution time: 1.652 ms" >> >> As you can see the query is simple and does not justify 3 seconds of planning time. It would appear >> that there is an issue with my configuration but I am not able to find anything that looks out of >> sorts in the query planning configuration variables. Any advice about what I should be looking for to >> fix this would be appreciated. > This is odd. > Could you profile the backend during such a statement to see where the time is spent? I'm wondering about locks. Perhaps turning on log_lock_waits would yield useful info. 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