"Laurent Raufaste" <analogue@xxxxxxxx> writes: > 2008/2/26, Tom Lane <tgl@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>: >> If it's 8.2 or later then increasing the stats target for _comment.path >> to 100 or more would likely help. > I'm using PG 8.2.4. > We are using 100 as default_statistics_target by default and all our > column are using this value: Hmm, that ought to be enough to activate the better selectivity estimator. Unless ... did you update this database from a pre-8.2 DB that already had contrib/ltree in it? If so, did you just load the existing old definition of ltree as part of your dump, or did you install 8.2's version fresh? I'm wondering if you have a definition of operator <@ that doesn't specify the new selectivity estimator. Please try a pg_dump -s and see what it shows as the definition of <@. 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