On Fri, 2020-05-22 at 16:15 +0530, devchef2020 d wrote: > PostgreSQL : 9.5.15 > Created Indexes on column parental_path: > ================================= > > CREATE INDEX cable_pair_parental_path_idx > ON SCHEMA.TABLE_NAME > USING btree > (md5(parental_path) COLLATE pg_catalog."default"); > > CREATE INDEX cable_pair_parental_path_idx_fulltext > ON SCHEMA.TABLE_NAME > USING gist > (parental_path COLLATE pg_catalog."default"); > SELECT seq_no + 1 FROM SCHEMA.TABLE_NAME WHERE (parental_path LIKE '%,sheath--' || cable_seq_id || ',%' OR parental_path LIKE 'sheath--' || cable_seq_id || ',%' OR parental_path LIKE '%,sheath--' || > cable_seq_id OR parental_path = 'sheath--' || cable_seq_id) ORDER BY seq_no DESC LIMIT 1; > > Explain Plan: > ============= > > Limit (cost=108111.60..108111.61 rows=1 width=4) (actual time=4597.605..4597.605 rows=0 loops=1) > Output: ((seq_no + 1)), seq_no > Buffers: shared hit=2967 read=69606 dirtied=1 > -> Sort (cost=108111.60..108113.09 rows=595 width=4) (actual time=4597.603..4597.603 rows=0 loops=1) > Output: ((seq_no + 1)), seq_no > Sort Key: TABLE_NAME.seq_no DESC > Sort Method: quicksort Memory: 25kB > Buffers: shared hit=2967 read=69606 dirtied=1 > -> Seq Scan on SCHEMA.TABLE_NAME (cost=0.00..108108.63 rows=595 width=4) (actual time=4597.595..4597.595 rows=0 loops=1) > Output: (seq_no + 1), seq_no > Filter: ((TABLE_NAME.parental_path ~~ '%,sheath--64690,%'::text) OR (TABLE_NAME.parental_path ~~ 'sheath--64690,%'::text) OR (TABLE_NAME.parental_path ~~ '%,sheath--64690'::text) OR > (TABLE_NAME.parental_path = 'sheath--64690'::text)) > Rows Removed by Filter: 1930188 > Buffers: shared hit=2967 read=69606 dirtied=1 An index on an expression can only be used if the expression is exactly the same as on one side of an operator in a WHERE condition. So your only chance with that query is to hope for a bitmap OR with an index on "parental path". Two things to try: 1) CREATE INDEX ON table_name (parental_path text_pattern_ops); 2) CREATE EXTENSION pg_trgm; CREATE INDEX ON table_name USING GIN (parental_path gin_trgm_ops); Yours, Laurenz Albe -- Cybertec | https://www.cybertec-postgresql.com