"Tim Jones" <TJones@xxxxxxxxx> writes: > The tables for theses queries are vacuumed and analyzed regularly. I > just did an analyze to be sure and here are the results > ... There's something pretty wacko about the choice of plan in the slow case --- I don't see why it'd not have used the same plan structure as for the IN case. It's coming up with a cost a lot higher than for the other, so it certainly knows this isn't a great plan ... Which PG version is this exactly? Are you running with any nondefault planner parameters? regards, tom lane