Andrew Droffner <adroffne(at)advance(dot)net> writes:
> I have this QUERY (below) that PostgreSQL 7.3.X servers run MUCH slower
> than
> the 7.1.3 server does.
I know of no reason for that to happen. Have you vacuum analyzed the
7.3 database?
> It finds the ZIPs locations with a prepared
> (and saved) SPI query, which uses an index:
> "select latitude, longitude from geo_zipdata where zip = $1"
How do you know it's using the index?
regards, tom lane