"Phoenix Kiula" <phoenix.kiula@xxxxxxxxx> writes: > On 04/09/07, Richard Broersma Jr <rabroersma@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: >> Thats odd, I wonder why the EXPLAIN ANALYZE time id some much less that the logged select >> statement times? > Because the statement has been executed and is in the cache. That answer is way too flippant. In particular it doesn't explain your repeated 80sec queries --- you should have enough memory in that thing to be caching a fair amount of your data. I'm wondering about some transaction taking exclusive lock on the table and sitting on it for a minute or so, and also about network problems delaying transmission of data to the client. regards, tom lane ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 2: Don't 'kill -9' the postmaster