Dave, > "user_profile_pkey" PRIMARY KEY, btree (uid) CLUSTER > "user_profile_name_idx" UNIQUE, btree (name varchar_pattern_ops) > "user_profile_name_key" UNIQUE, btree (name) > "user_profile_uploadcode_key" UNIQUE, btree (uploadcode) > "user_profile_active_idx" btree (isactive) > "user_profile_areacode_index" btree (areacode) > "user_profile_gender_idx" btree (gender) You need to change one of the name indexes to a functional index on lower(firstname). That'll speed the query up considerably. I'm still puzzled as to why the index is being used at all in the 2nd query, as it seems very unlikely to work out, but the above is the practical solution to your problem. -- --Josh Josh Berkus PostgreSQL @ Sun San Francisco -- Sent via pgsql-performance mailing list (pgsql-performance@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-performance
