"Relyea, Mike" <Mike.Relyea@xxxxxxxxx> writes: > SELECT "PrintSamples"."MachineID", "PrintSamples"."PrintCopyID", > "tblColors"."ColorID", avg("ParameterValues"."ParameterValue") AS > "Mottle_NMF" > FROM "AnalysisModules" > JOIN ("tblColors" > JOIN ("tblTPNamesAndColors" > JOIN "PrintSamples" ON "tblTPNamesAndColors"."TestPatternName"::text > =3D "PrintSamples"."TestPatternName"::text > JOIN ("DigitalImages" > JOIN "PrintSampleAnalyses" ON "DigitalImages"."ImageID" =3D > "PrintSampleAnalyses"."ImageID" > JOIN ("ParameterNames" > JOIN ("Measurements" > JOIN "ParameterValues" ON "Measurements"."MeasurementID" =3D > "ParameterValues"."MeasurementID") ON "ParameterNames"."ParameterID" =3D > "ParameterValues"."ParameterID") ON "PrintSampleAnalyses"."psaID" =3D > "Measurements"."psaID") ON "PrintSamples"."PrintSampleID" =3D > "DigitalImages"."PrintSampleID") ON "tblColors"."ColorID" =3D > "tblTPNamesAndColors"."ColorID") ON "AnalysisModules"."MetricID" =3D > "Measurements"."MetricID" Try increasing join_collapse_limit --- you have just enough tables here that the planner isn't going to consider all possible join orders. And it sorta looks like it's picking a bad one. regards, tom lane ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 1: if posting/reading through Usenet, please send an appropriate subscribe-nomail command to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx so that your message can get through to the mailing list cleanly