Steve <cheetah@xxxxxxxxxx> writes: > Here's my planner parameters: I copied all these, and my 8.2.x still likes the bitmap scan a lot better than the seqscan. Furthermore, I double-checked the CVS history and there definitely haven't been any changes in that area in REL8_2 branch since 8.2.3. So I'm a bit baffled. Maybe the misbehavior is platform-specific ... what are you on exactly? Is there anything nonstandard about your Postgres installation? regards, tom lane