Jon Lapham <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> Tom Lane wrote:
>> On modern hardware, I'd expect float operations to be at least an order
>> of magnitude faster than numerics

> But, this is less than a factor of 2 difference, similar to what one of 
> the previous INSERT examples showed.  Or am I missing something?

You're not thinking about the overhead imposed by the plpgsql loop 
construct.

                        regards, tom lane

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