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Hi, Alex,

Alex Stapleton wrote:

>> explain analyze is more helpful because it prints the times.
> 
> You can always use the \timing flag in psql ;)

Have you ever tried EXPLAIN ANALYZE?

\timing gives you one total timing, but EXPLAIN ANALYZE gives you
timings for sub-plans, including real row counts etc.

HTH,
Markus

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