OK, thanks very much. It seems like my process is somehow flawed. I'll try removing some layers and see if I can figure out what is killing the performance. Eric > > Do these numbers surprise you? Are these files just too large for > storage in PostgreSQL to be practical? Could there be something about > my methodology that is slowing things down? Yes, it does surprise me. I just tested inserting an 11MB file using psycopg2(Python) and it was less then a second. -- Sent via pgsql-general mailing list (pgsql-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-general