On Wed, Jun 26, 2013 at 2:29 AM, Ben <midfield@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > shouldn't an index scan definitely be fastest here? you don't need to touch the whole table or index. maybe there something i have misconfigured here? > How about you try increasing work_mem ? I think a hash join may be the best plan here, and it won't get chosen with low work_mem . Regards Marcin Mańk -- Sent via pgsql-performance mailing list (pgsql-performance@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-performance