Ah, forgot one query: WHERE IN is of course fast when we supply id's directly, but not when they are wrapped as array and UNNEST'ed in query 6. (previous post from me) -- Test 6b: Fast. WHERE IN(explicit id list) SELECT * FROM ( SELECT * FROM table1 UNION SELECT * FROM table1 ) Q WHERE id IN (100001,100002,100003,100004,100005,100006,100007,100008,100009,10010); -- Geir Bostad 9.1.3(x64,win) -- Sent via pgsql-performance mailing list (pgsql-performance@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-performance