On 11 May 2010 10:18, venu madhav <venutaurus539@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > select e.cid, timestamp, s.sig_class, s.sig_priority, s.sig_name, > e.sniff_ip, e.sniff_channel, s.sig_config, e.wifi_addr_1, > e.wifi_addr_2, e.view_status, bssid FROM event e, signature s WHERE > s.sig_id = e.signature AND e.timestamp >= '1270449180' AND > e.timestamp < '1273473180' ORDER BY e.cid DESC, e.cid DESC limit 21 > offset 10539780; > > Can any one suggest me a better solution to improve the performance. > Please let me know if you've any further queries. 1. Avoid using large OFFSETs. Do instead "... ORDER BY e.cid, e.cid LIMIT 21;" 2. What "EXPLAIN SELECT ..." shows? 3. What "\d event" prints? -- Sergey Konoplev Blog: http://gray-hemp.blogspot.com / Linkedin: http://ru.linkedin.com/in/grayhemp / JID/GTalk: gray.ru@xxxxxxxxx / Skype: gray-hemp / ICQ: 29353802 -- Sent via pgsql-general mailing list (pgsql-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-general