Hello > > I noticed that it takes a long time to return the set of records. But if I > run the same query at the psql cli, it runs blindingly fast. So it appears > that the process of returning the records via "return next" is the > performance culprit. > > Any ideas?
Try use holdable cursors http://www.postgresql.org/docs/8.2/interactive/plpgsql-cursors.html#PLPGSQL-CURSOR-USING But problem can be in http://groups.google.com/group/pgsql.general/browse_thread/thread/38aa2064fcce53ed/69b7362839c3ab4c Regards Pavel Stehule ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 9: In versions below 8.0, the planner will ignore your desire to choose an index scan if your joining column's datatypes do not match
