i have several partitions like this (similar size ...similar data distribution)..these partitions are only "inserted"..never updated. Why would I need to vacuum.. I can reindex..just curious what can cause the index to go out of whack. On Tue, Jun 22, 2010 at 4:44 PM, Alvaro Herrera <alvherre@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Excerpts from Anj Adu's message of mar jun 22 17:44:39 -0400 2010: >> This query seems unreasonable slow on a well-indexed table (13 million >> rows). Separate indexes are present on guardid_id , from_num and >> targetprt columns. > > Maybe you need to vacuum or reindex? > > -- > Álvaro Herrera <alvherre@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > The PostgreSQL Company - Command Prompt, Inc. > PostgreSQL Replication, Consulting, Custom Development, 24x7 support > -- Sent via pgsql-performance mailing list (pgsql-performance@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-performance