On Sat, Dec 4, 2010 at 13:56, Mathieu De Zutter <mathieu@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > I have no idea why in some cases the index scan is not considered. > Does anyone have an idea? I guess that it's because the currval() function is volatile -- its value has to be tested for again each row. Try this instead: SELECT user_id FROM log_event WHERE id = (SELECT CURRVAL('log_event_id_seq')); This will assure that there's only one call to currval(). Regards, Marti -- Sent via pgsql-performance mailing list (pgsql-performance@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-performance