On Thu, Apr 22, 2010 at 10:37 PM, Vlad Arkhipov <arhipov@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > I don't think this is just an issue with statistics, because the same > problem arises when I try executing a query like this: I'm not sure how you think this proves that it isn't a problem with statistics, but I think what you should be focusing on here, looking back to your original email, is that the plans that are actually much faster have almost as much estimated cost as the slower one. Since all your data is probably fully cached, at a first cut, I might try setting random_page_cost and seq_page_cost to 0.005 or so, and adjusting effective_cache_size to something appropriate. ...Robert -- Sent via pgsql-performance mailing list (pgsql-performance@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-performance