Hi all I have a table with ca. 4Mio Rows. here is my simple select-statement: SELECT * FROM CUSTOMER WHERE CUSTOMER_ID=5 the result appears after about 27 sec. what's wrong? the same statement on mysql takes 1 milisec. please help here is the structur of the table CREATE TABLE public.customer ( customer_id bigserial NOT NULL, cooperationpartner_id int8 NOT NULL DEFAULT 0::bigint, maincontact_id int8 NOT NULL DEFAULT 0::bigint, companycontact_id int8, def_paymentdetails_id int8, def_paymentsort_id int8, def_invoicing_id int8, int_customernumber varchar(50), ext_customernumber varchar(50), CONSTRAINT customer_pkey PRIMARY KEY (customer_id), CONSTRAINT customer_ibfk_1 FOREIGN KEY (cooperationpartner_id) REFERENCES public.cooperationpartner (cooperationpartner_id) ON UPDATE NO ACTION ON DELETE NO ACTION, CONSTRAINT customer_ibfk_2 FOREIGN KEY (maincontact_id) REFERENCES public.contact (contact_id) ON UPDATE NO ACTION ON DELETE NO ACTION, CONSTRAINT customer_ibfk_3 FOREIGN KEY (companycontact_id) REFERENCES public.contact (contact_id) ON UPDATE NO ACTION ON DELETE NO ACTION, CONSTRAINT customer_ibfk_4 FOREIGN KEY (def_paymentdetails_id) REFERENCES public.paymentdetails (paymentdetails_id) ON UPDATE NO ACTION ON DELETE NO ACTION, CONSTRAINT customer_ibfk_5 FOREIGN KEY (def_paymentsort_id) REFERENCES public.paymentsort (paymentsort_id) ON UPDATE NO ACTION ON DELETE NO ACTION, CONSTRAINT customer_ibfk_6 FOREIGN KEY (def_invoicing_id) REFERENCES public.invoicing (invoicing_id) ON UPDATE NO ACTION ON DELETE NO ACTION ) WITH OIDS;