Tom Lane wrote: > MaXX <bs139412@xxxxxxxxx> writes: >> Can this be the cause of a huge loss of perf? I have the following query >> in a Perl script using DBI + DBD::Pg, AutoCommit => 0: >> SELECT stats_put_sources(?, ?, int4(?), int4(?)) >> This syntax runs almost 10x faster than: >> SELECT stats_put_sources(?, ?, ?::int4, ?::int4) > You probably have no idea how hard that is to believe --- they should > certainly be just the same. Let's see a self-contained test case that > exhibits this problem. You're right and I'm stupid again... I found that I've changed from the Pg way to the SQL way *AND* commented a '$dbm->commit;' inside the loop. Removing the comment make the script slow as hell... Thats the only explanation. I may need a lot of rest... Sorry again, -- MaXX ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 2: Don't 'kill -9' the postmaster