On Fri, 25 Jan 2019 at 19:24, Tom Lane <tgl@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > PS: On the third hand, you mention having created new indexes on this > table with apparently not a lot of pain, which is a tad surprising > if you don't have the patience to wait for a sort to finish. How > long did those index builds take? It would certainly be good to look at psql's \d tmp_outpatient_rev output to ensure that the index is not marked as INVALID. -- David Rowley http://www.2ndQuadrant.com/ PostgreSQL Development, 24x7 Support, Training & Services