Hi all, So today while I investigating some slow queries I found out that some time ago some of our databases (due, innocently I suspect, to upgrades or hardware migrations) are now not using C as lc_ctype. And why some 'things' got a lot slower... To correct this problem it seems like I am going to have to do a dump, intidb, then restore. (or add some new indexes and eat the extra overhead). Unless someone knows something I don't about changing ctype and collation with some sleight of hand (if you do I am very interested) I have listed what I think I will be doing with regards to initdb. if anyone sees problems with the following mixture during my dump -> init-> restore I would be most keen in hearing about it. initdb /path/to/data/dir --lc_ctype=C --lc_collation=C --lc_message=en_US.UTF8 --lc_monetary=en_US.UTF8 --lc_numeric=en_US.UTF8 --lc_time=en_US.UTF8 -E UTF8 Thank you, Mark -- Sent via pgsql-admin mailing list (pgsql-admin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-admin