> pdb=# explain analyze SELECT sdate, stime, rbts from lan WHERE ( > > ( bname = 'pluto' ) AND ( cno = 17 ) AND ( pno = 1 ) AND ( ( sdate > > >= '2004-07-21' ) AND ( sdate <= '2004-07-21' ) ) ) ORDER BY sdate, stime > ; this query would benefit from an index on pluto, cno, pno, sdate create index Ian_idx on Ian(bname, cno, pno, sdate); > pdb=# explain analyze SELECT ALL sdate, stime, rbts from lan WHERE ( ( > bname = 'neptune' ) AND ( cno = 17 ) AND ( pno = 1 ) AND ( ( sdate >= > '2004-07-21' ) AND ( sdate <= '2004-07-21' ) ) ) ORDER BY sdate, stime ; ditto above. Generally, the closer the fields in the where clause are matched by the index, the it will speed up your query. Merlin