> kiki wrote: >> The speed of the query is not a problem but the strange thing is the >> processor load with postmaster when the query is executed. >> I don?t now how to reduce processor load. > > Did you try without the ORDER BY? > Where are the execution plans? > > Yours, > Laurenz Albe > I expanded work_mem to 256 Mb and created index on table create index xxx on system_alarm (id_camera, date, time) where confirmed = 'false' and dismissed = 'false'; the processor load now executing the query is max. 70% the query execution with and without order is: istra_system=> EXPLAIN ANALYSE SELECT * FROM system_alarm WHERE id_camera='3' AND confirmed='false' AND dismissed='false' ; Seq Scan on system_alarm (cost=0.00..24468.33 rows=735284 width=47) (actual time=90.792..1021.967 rows=724846 loops=1) Filter: ((id_camera = 3) AND (NOT confirmed) AND (NOT dismissed)) Total runtime: 1259.426 ms (3 rows) istra_system=> EXPLAIN ANALYSE SELECT * FROM system_alarm WHERE id_camera='3' AND confirmed='false' AND dismissed='false' ORDER BY date DESC, time ; Sort (cost=96114.18..97952.39 rows=735284 width=47) (actual time=2303.547..2602.116 rows=724846 loops=1) Sort Key: date, "time" -> Seq Scan on system_alarm (cost=0.00..24468.33 rows=735284 width=47) (actual time=100.322..1115.837 rows=724846 loops=1) Filter: ((id_camera = 3) AND (NOT confirmed) AND (NOT dismissed)) Total runtime: 2916.557 ms (5 rows) I think this is OK. Thanx