=?ISO-8859-1?Q?J=E9r=F4me?= BENOIS <benois@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes: > You can read two results of EXPLAIN ANALYZE command here : > http://sharengo.org/explain.txt I think the problem is the misestimation of the size of the reqin3 result: -> Bitmap Heap Scan on mpng2_ei_attribute reqin3 (cost=28.17..32.18 rows=1 width=4) (actual time=1.512..7.941 rows=1394 loops=1) Recheck Cond: (((string_value)::text = '1084520156'::text) AND ((name)::text = 'CategoryID-1084520156'::text)) -> BitmapAnd (cost=28.17..28.17 rows=1 width=0) (actual time=1.275..1.275 rows=0 loops=1) -> Bitmap Index Scan on mpng2_ei_attribute_string_value (cost=0.00..4.78 rows=510 width=0) (actual time=0.534..0.534 rows=1394 loops=1) Index Cond: ((string_value)::text = '1084520156'::text) -> Bitmap Index Scan on mpng2_ei_attribute_name (cost=0.00..23.13 rows=2896 width=0) (actual time=0.590..0.590 rows=1394 loops=1) Index Cond: ((name)::text = 'CategoryID-1084520156'::text) Anytime a rowcount estimate is off by more than a factor of a thousand, you can expect some poor choices in the rest of the plan :-(. It looks to me like the planner is expecting those two index conditions to be independently selective, when in reality they are completely redundant. Perhaps rethinking your data model would be a useful activity. regards, tom lane