> Can you try a couple of things just to check timings. Probably worth EXPLAIN > ANALYSE. > > SELECT count(*) FROM cars.imports i JOIN cars.models md ON i.model_id = > md.id; Takes about 300 ms > > CREATE TEMP TABLE tt AS SELECT i.* FROM cars.imports i JOIN cars.models md > ON i.model_id = md.id; Takes about 300 ms > > Now the first one should take half a second judging by your previous > explain. If the second one takes 50 seconds too then that's just the limit > of your SSD's write. If it's much faster then something else is happening. -- Sent via pgsql-general mailing list (pgsql-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-general