Eric Hill wrote: > I am storing the file contents is of type "bytea" with "Storage" type set to > "EXTENDED". Storing a 12.5 MB file is taking 10 seconds That seems really slow indeed. Can you import the same file to the same server with psql's \lo_import command and see how much time it takes? That would give a baseline to compare against. Best regards, -- Daniel Vérité PostgreSQL-powered mailer: http://www.manitou-mail.org Twitter: @DanielVerite -- Sent via pgsql-general mailing list (pgsql-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-general