Mario Splivalo <mario.splivalo@megafon.hr> writes:
> Now I'm confused, why is 'sql' function much slower than 'direct' SELECT?
Usually the reason for this is that the planner chooses a different plan
when it has knowledge of the particular value you are searching for than
when it does not. I suppose 'service_id' has a very skewed distribution
and you are looking for an uncommon value?
regards, tom lane