> -----Original Message----- > From: pgsql-performance-owner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx > [mailto:pgsql-performance-owner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of > Rolf Østvik (HA/EXA) Have you tried "set enable_sort=off" with 8.1.2? I'm not sure if that will change anything because it has to do at least one sort. Its just a lots faster to do a hashagg + small sort than one big sort in this case. (I wonder if there should be enable_groupagg?)