>So PQexec works fine for you on both 7.4 and 8.3, producing a quick >result no matter which server you run it against? Yes. If I use PQexec, both 7.4 and 8.3 produce a quick result but I if I use asynchronous command processing 8.3 produce a slow result whereas 7.4 works fine. >Consider using wireshark to examine the network traffic, and see if >there's much activity during your long and slow PQconsumeInput / >PQisBusy loop. The throughput analysis tool is handy for this. I will be back with the results. Bruno, -- Craig Ringer -- Sent via pgsql-general mailing list (pgsql-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-general