Markus Innerebner <markus.innerebner@xxxxxxxxxxxx> writes: > The query plan says, that a sequential scan is performed on the edge table. I consider it strange that he is not accessing on the (btree) index one the edge table. This suggests that you have a datatype mismatch: > " Hash Cond: ((e.target)::numeric = n.id)" Your index is presumably on e.target, not e.target::numeric, so it's not applicable. Try to make the join columns the same datatype. 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