Yaroslav Tykhiy <yar@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes: > -> Bitmap Heap Scan on dbmail_headervalue v > (cost=1409.82..221813.70 rows=2805 width=16) (actual > time=28543.411..28623.623 rows=1 loops=1) > Recheck Cond: (v.headername_id = n.id) > Filter: ("substring"(v.headervalue, 0, > 255) ~~* '%<...@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>%'::text) > -> Bitmap Index Scan on > dbmail_headervalue_testing (cost=0.00..1409.82 rows=75940 width=0) > (actual time=17555.572..17555.572 rows=1877009 loops=1) > Index Cond: (v.headername_id = n.id) I think the major problem you're having is that the planner is completely clueless about the selectivity of the condition "substring"(v.headervalue, 0, 255) ~~* '%<...@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>%' If it knew that that would match only one row, instead of several thousand, it would likely pick a different plan. In recent versions of PG you could probably make a noticeable improvement in this if you just dropped the substring() restriction ... do you actually need that? Alternatively, if you don't want to change the query logic at all, I'd try making an index on substring(v.headervalue, 0, 255). I'm not expecting the query to actually *use* the index, mind you. But its existence will prompt ANALYZE to collect stats on the expression's value, and that will help the planner with estimating the ~~* condition. regards, tom lane -- Sent via pgsql-general mailing list (pgsql-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-general