Trying to optimize the Elapsed Time (ET) of this query. Currently, it is hovering around 3 hrs. Running a 'vaccum analyse' had no effect on ET. Even forcing an
'indexonly' scan by disabling 'enable_seqscan', still around the 3
hrs. The table is around 4.6B rows, explain select cit_id, cl_value from reflink.citation_locators
where cl_value = '1507617681' and vclf_number = 1 ; reflink.citation_locators Table "reflink.citation_locators" Column | Type | Modifiers | Storage | Stats target | Description ------------------+--------------------------+-----------+----------+--------------+------------- cl_id | bigint | not null | plain | | cl_value | text | not null | extended | | vclf_number | integer | not null | plain | | cit_id | bigint | not null | plain | | cl_date_created | timestamp with time zone | not null | plain | | cl_date_modified | timestamp with time zone | | plain | | Indexes: "cl_pk" PRIMARY KEY, btree (cl_id) "cl_cnst_uk01" UNIQUE CONSTRAINT, btree (cit_id, vclf_number, cl_value) "cl_indx_fk01" btree (cit_id) "cl_indx_fk02" btree (vclf_number) Foreign-key constraints: "cl_cnst_fk01" FOREIGN KEY (cit_id) REFERENCES citations(cit_id) NOT VALID "cl_cnst_fk02" FOREIGN KEY (vclf_number) REFERENCES valid_cit_locator_fields(vclf_number) |