=?ISO-8859-1?Q?Fabr=EDcio_dos_Anjos_Silva?= <fabricio.silva@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes: > explain analyze select max(cnpj) from empresa where dtcriacao >= > current_date-5; > QUERY > PLAN > ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > Result (cost=32.24..32.24 rows=1 width=0) (actual time=5223.937..5223.938 > rows=1 loops=1) > InitPlan 1 (returns $0) > -> Limit (cost=0.00..32.24 rows=1 width=15) (actual > time=5223.921..5223.922 rows=1 loops=1) > -> Index Scan Backward using idx_cnpj on empresa > (cost=0.00..65925.02 rows=2045 width=15) (actual time=5223.913..5223.913 > rows=1 loops=1) > Index Cond: ((cnpj)::text IS NOT NULL) > Filter: (dtcriacao >= (('now'::text)::date - 5)) > Total runtime: 5224.037 ms > (7 rows) BTW, a large part of the reason that it's switching to this plan type too soon is that you've got random_page_cost set really small: > seq_page_cost = 0.01 > random_page_cost = 0.01 I think you need to back those off by an order of magnitude or so. 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