Kaloyan Iliev Iliev <kaloyan@xxxxxxxxx> writes: > My question is why the planner didn't do the index scan first on ms_data > to reduce the rows to ~ 11000 and the use the PK index on > ms_commands_history. 11000 index probes aren't exactly free. If they take more than about 1msec apiece, the planner picked the right plan. regards, tom lane -- Sent via pgsql-performance mailing list (pgsql-performance@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-performance