Pablo Alcaraz <pabloa@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes: > These are the EXPLAIN ANALIZE: If you raise work_mem enough to let the second query use a hash aggregate (probably a few MB would do it), I think it'll be about the same speed as the first one. The reason it's not picking that on its own is the overestimate of the number of resulting groups. This is because get_variable_numdistinct is not smart about append relations. We should try to fix that sometime... regards, tom lane ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 7: You can help support the PostgreSQL project by donating at http://www.postgresql.org/about/donate