Question for anyone... I tried posting to the bugs, and they said this is a better question for here. I have to queries. One runs in about 2 seconds. The other takes upwards of 2 minutes. I have a temp table that is created with 2 columns. This table is joined with the larger database of call detail records. However, these 2 queries are handled very differently. The queries: First---- calldetail=> EXPLAIN SELECT current.* FROM current JOIN anitmp ON current.destnum=anitmp.ani AND istf=true; QUERY PLAN -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Nested Loop (cost=0.00..2026113.09 rows=500908 width=108) -> Seq Scan on anitmp (cost=0.00..33.62 rows=945 width=8) Filter: (istf = true) -> Index Scan using i_destnum on current (cost=0.00..2137.36 rows=531 width=108) Index Cond: (current.destnum = "outer".ani) (5 rows) Second---- calldetail=> EXPLAIN SELECT current.* FROM current JOIN anitmp ON current.orignum=anitmp.ani AND istf=false; QUERY PLAN --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Hash Join (cost=35.99..3402035.53 rows=5381529 width=108) Hash Cond: ("outer".orignum = "inner".ani) -> Seq Scan on current (cost=0.00..907191.05 rows=10170805 width=108) -> Hash (cost=33.62..33.62 rows=945 width=8) -> Seq Scan on anitmp (cost=0.00..33.62 rows=945 width=8) Filter: (istf = false) (6 rows) The tables: Table "public.current" Column | Type | Modifiers ----------+-----------------------------+----------- datetime | timestamp without time zone | orignum | bigint | destnum | bigint | billto | bigint | cost | numeric(6,4) | duration | numeric(8,1) | origcity | character(12) | destcity | character(12) | file | character varying(30) | linenum | integer | carrier | character(1) | Indexes: "i_destnum" btree (destnum) "i_orignum" btree (orignum) Table "public.anitmp" Column | Type | Modifiers --------+---------+----------- ani | bigint | istf | boolean | I was also asked to post the EXPLAIN ANALYZE for both: calldetail=> EXPLAIN ANALYZE SELECT current.* FROM anitmp JOIN current ON istf=false AND current.orignum=anitmp.ani; QUERY PLAN ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Hash Join (cost=35.99..3427123.39 rows=5421215 width=108) (actual time=1994.164..157443.544 rows=157 loops=1) Hash Cond: ("outer".orignum = "inner".ani) -> Seq Scan on current (cost=0.00..913881.09 rows=10245809 width=108) (actual time=710.986..137963.320 rows=10893541 loops=1) -> Hash (cost=33.62..33.62 rows=945 width=8) (actual time=10.948..10.948 rows=0 loops=1) -> Seq Scan on anitmp (cost=0.00..33.62 rows=945 width=8) (actual time=10.934..10.939 rows=2 loops=1) Filter: (istf = false) Total runtime: 157443.900 ms (7 rows) calldetail=> EXPLAIN ANALYZE SELECT current.* FROM current JOIN anitmp ON current.destnum=anitmp.ani AND istf=true; QUERY PLAN ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Nested Loop (cost=0.00..2037526.69 rows=504602 width=108) (actual time=88.752..1050.295 rows=1445 loops=1) -> Seq Scan on anitmp (cost=0.00..33.62 rows=945 width=8) (actual time=8.189..8.202 rows=2 loops=1) Filter: (istf = true) -> Index Scan using i_destnum on current (cost=0.00..2149.40 rows=534 width=108) (actual time=62.365..517.454 rows=722 loops=2) Index Cond: (current.destnum = "outer".ani) Total runtime: 1052.862 ms (6 rows) Anyone have any ideas for me? I have indexes on each of the necessary columns. Rob