>>>>> "Vladimir" == Vladimir Ryabtsev <greatvovan@xxxxxxxxx> writes: Vladimir> I can't believe it. Vladimir> I see some recommendations in Internet to do like this well, 90% of what you read on the Internet is wrong. Vladimir> Did it really work in 2011? Are you saying they broke it? Vladimir> It's a shame... The method in that SO link does work, it's just slow. The workaround is to do it like this instead: delete from mytable where ctid = any (array(select ctid from mytable where ... order by ... limit 1000)); But of course that's still an ugly hack. -- Andrew (irc:RhodiumToad)