=?UTF-8?Q?Ulf_Lohbr=C3=BCgge?= <ulf.lohbruegge@xxxxxxxxx> writes: > I think I have found something here. It looks like that the order of > statements is affecting their duration. I somehow have the feeling that the > first statement after "RESET ROLE;" experiences a performance degradation. Hm. It's well known that the first query executed in a *session* takes a pretty big performance hit, because of the need to populate the backend's catalog caches. I'm not very sure however why "RESET ROLE" would result in a mass cache flush, if indeed that's what's happening. regards, tom lane