-- setup ---- create table constaraints: 500000 CREATE OR REPLACE FUNCTION create_notnull_table( p_table_name text, p_col_count int ) RETURNS void LANGUAGE plpgsql AS $$ DECLARE ddl text; BEGIN SELECT format('CREATE TABLE %I (', p_table_name) || E'\n' || string_agg( format(' c%s smallint not null', i), E',\n' ORDER BY i ) || E'\n);' INTO ddl FROM generate_series(1, p_col_count) AS i; EXECUTE ddl; END; $$; SELECT create_notnull_table('notnull_temp', 1000); select 'create table notnull_table_' || i || ' (like notnull_temp including all);' from generate_series(1, 500) i; \gexec drop table notnull_temp; select count(*) from pg_catalog.pg_constraint AS cns2 JOIN pg_catalog.pg_class c on c.oid = cns2.conrelid JOIN pg_catalog.pg_namespace n ON n.oid = cns2.connamespace where conname like 'notnull%'; ---- create domain constraints: 500000 SELECT 'CREATE DOMAIN hoge_domain_'|| i || ' smallint NOT NULL CHECK (VALUE > 0 AND VALUE < 100);' FROM generate_series(1, 250000) i; \gexec -- measurement ---- mine explain analyze SELECT n.nspname AS "Schema", cns.conname AS "Name" , pg_catalog.pg_get_constraintdef(cns.oid, true) AS "Definition", c.relname AS "Table" FROM pg_catalog.pg_constraint cns JOIN pg_catalog.pg_namespace n ON n.oid = cns.connamespace LEFT JOIN pg_catalog.pg_type t ON t.oid = cns.contypid LEFT JOIN pg_catalog.pg_class c on c.oid = cns.conrelid WHERE n.nspname <> 'pg_catalog' AND n.nspname <> 'information_schema' AND ( (cns.conrelid <> 0 AND pg_catalog.pg_table_is_visible(cns.conrelid)) OR (cns.contypid > 0 AND pg_catalog.pg_type_is_visible(t.oid)) ) ORDER BY 1, 2, 4; ---- Alvaro suggested explain analyze SELECT n.nspname AS "Schema", cns.conname AS "Name" , pg_catalog.pg_get_constraintdef(cns.oid, true) AS "Definition", cns.relname AS "Table" FROM ( select cns1.*, NULL as relname from pg_catalog.pg_constraint AS cns1 JOIN pg_catalog.pg_type t ON t.oid = cns1.contypid where pg_catalog.pg_type_is_visible(t.oid) union all select cns2.*, c.relname from pg_catalog.pg_constraint AS cns2 JOIN pg_catalog.pg_class c on c.oid = cns2.conrelid where pg_catalog.pg_table_is_visible(cns2.conrelid) ) AS cns JOIN pg_catalog.pg_namespace n ON n.oid = cns.connamespace WHERE n.nspname <> 'pg_catalog' AND n.nspname <> 'information_schema' AND n.nspname like 'many_cns' ORDER BY 1, 2, 4 ; -- results Mine: Execution Time: 9079.703 ms Execution Time: 8974.628 ms Execution Time: 9092.482 ms Alvaro suggested: Execution Time: 4.251 ms Execution Time: 3.744 ms Execution Time: 3.887 ms