$ psql -p 5454 postgres -c 'create table tmp(t text, hlt hltext);'; CREATE TABLE $ bash -c 'echo "insert into tmp(t) values(\$CUTCUT\$" ; curl -d "" http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Jackson; echo "\$CUTCUT\$)"' | ./bin/psql -p 5454 postgres % Total % Received % Xferd Average Speed Time Time Time Current Dload Upload Total Spent Left Speed 100 636k 100 636k 0 0 224k 0 0:00:02 0:00:02 --:--:-- 258k INSERT 0 1 $ psql -p 5454 postgres psql (9.0.5, server 9.3devel) WARNING: psql version 9.0, server version 9.3. Some psql features might not work. Type "help" for help. postgres=# update tmp set hlt = to_hltext('english', t); UPDATE 1 postgres=# \timing Timing is on. postgres=# select ts_headline('english', t, to_tsquery('janet & jackson'), 'MaxFragments=2 MinWords=5 MaxWords=15') from tmp; ts_headline ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Jackson-Style. (video production; Michael and Janet Jackson video) . 29 . Theatre Crafts International ... Green Day Look Forward To Janet Jackson's VMA Tribute To Michael" . MTV . September (1 row) Time: 414,588 ms postgres=# select ts_headline('english', t, to_tsquery('janet & jackson'), 'MaxFragments=2 MinWords=5 MaxWords=15') from tmp; ts_headline ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Jackson-Style. (video production; Michael and Janet Jackson video) . 29 . Theatre Crafts International ... Green Day Look Forward To Janet Jackson's VMA Tribute To Michael" . MTV . September (1 row) Time: 75,912 ms postgres=# select ts_headline('english', hlt, to_tsquery('janet & jackson'), 'MaxFragments=2 MinWords=5 MaxWords=15') from tmp; ts_headline ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Jackson-Style. (video production; Michael and Janet Jackson video) . 29 . Theatre Crafts International ... Green Day Look Forward To Janet Jackson's VMA Tribute To Michael" . MTV . September (1 row) Time: 17,539 ms postgres=# select ts_headline('english', hlt, to_tsquery('janet & jackson'), 'MaxFragments=2 MinWords=5 MaxWords=15') from tmp; ts_headline ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Jackson-Style. (video production; Michael and Janet Jackson video) . 29 . Theatre Crafts International ... Green Day Look Forward To Janet Jackson's VMA Tribute To Michael" . MTV . September (1 row) Time: 15,526 ms postgres=# select ts_headline('english', t, to_tsquery('janet & jackson'), 'MaxFragments=2 MinWords=5 MaxWords=15') from tmp; ts_headline ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Jackson-Style. (video production; Michael and Janet Jackson video) . 29 . Theatre Crafts International ... Green Day Look Forward To Janet Jackson's VMA Tribute To Michael" . MTV . September (1 row) Time: 74,807 ms postgres=#