> http://explain.depesz.com/s/br9 > http://explain.depesz.com/s/gxH Well, I don't have time to do a thorough analysis right now, but in all the plans you've posted there are quite high values in the "Rows x" column (e.g. the 5727.5 value). That means a significant difference in estimated and actual row number, which may lead to poor choice of indexes etc. The planner may simply think the index is better due to imprecise statistics etc. Try to increase te statistics target for the columns, e.g. ALTER TABLE table ALTER COLUMN column SET STATISTICS integer where "integer" is between 0 and 1000 (the default value is 10 so use 100 or maybe 1000), run analyze and try to run the query again. Tomas -- Sent via pgsql-performance mailing list (pgsql-performance@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-performance