Bryce Nesbitt <bryce2@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > I've got a very slow query, which I can make faster by doing > something seemingly trivial. Out of curiosity, what kind of performance do you get with?: EXPLAIN ANALYZE SELECT contexts.context_key FROM contexts JOIN articles ON (articles.context_key = contexts.context_key) JOIN matview_82034 ON (matview_82034.context_key = contexts.context_key) WHERE EXISTS ( SELECT * FROM article_words JOIN words using (word_key) WHERE context_key = contexts.context_key AND word = 'insider' ) AND EXISTS ( SELECT * FROM article_words JOIN words using (word_key) WHERE context_key = contexts.context_key AND word = 'trading' ) AND EXISTS ( SELECT * FROM virtual_ancestors a JOIN bp_categories ON (bp_categories.context_key = a.ancestor_key) WHERE a.context_key = contexts.context_key AND lower(bp_categories.category) = 'law' ) AND articles.indexed ; (You may have to add some table aliases in the subqueries.) If you are able to make a copy on 8.4 and test the various forms, that would also be interesting. I suspect that the above might do pretty well in 8.4. -Kevin -- Sent via pgsql-performance mailing list (pgsql-performance@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-performance