Okay, so I took EXPLAIN ANALYZE off and made sure that timing is on "psql" command \timing shows Timing = on Run the query several times.. 9.1.6 runs this query an average of 354 ms 8.2.11 runs this query an average of 437 ms So 9.1 IS FASTER Why is EXPLAIN ANALYZE showing the reverse...of that...? Evidently, since I fixed the database Collation ( set to a value of "C") it has been faster but I got locked into looking at the EXPLAIN ANALYZE results... MMMM very curious. Rob -- View this message in context: http://postgresql.1045698.n5.nabble.com/Slower-Performance-on-Postgres-9-1-6-vs-8-2-11-tp5729749p5729768.html Sent from the PostgreSQL - performance mailing list archive at Nabble.com. -- Sent via pgsql-performance mailing list (pgsql-performance@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-performance