Try SELECT count(*) FROM ... instead and see if the times are closer.Correct. That executes in 300ms flat:So your problem is data transfer, not the query per se.
Well, based on PgAdmin times I suspected some sort of heavy 'data preparation before it's sent out' overhead
How old a pgAdmin are you using?
1.4.3I tried 1.5 but it was too slow rendering results from SELECT queries... maybe it's fixed by now
Peter