On Fri, Mar 24, 2006 at 01:49:17PM +0100, Svenne Krap wrote: > explain select dataset_id, entity, sum(amount) from entrydata_current > where flow_direction in (select * from outflow_direction(dataset_id)) > and dataset_id in (select * from get_dataset_ids(122)) group by > dataset_id, entity; <snip> > which does not return within 10 minutes - which is unacceptable. The issue is that the planner has no way to know what's comming back from get_dataset_ids. I think your best bet will be to wrap that select into it's own function and have that function prepare the query statement, going back to hard-coded values. So you could do something like: SQL := 'SELECT ... AND dataset_id IN (''' || get_dataset_ids(122) || ''');' (yeah, I know that won't work as written, but you get the idea). -- Jim C. Nasby, Sr. Engineering Consultant jnasby@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Pervasive Software http://pervasive.com work: 512-231-6117 vcard: http://jim.nasby.net/pervasive.vcf cell: 512-569-9461