These three queries may help you to understand what's going on. EXPLAIN ANALYZE SELECT count(catalog.id) FROM catalog; EXPLAIN ANALYZE SELECT count(catalog.id) FROM catalog WHERE flag=false; EXPLAIN ANALYZE SELECT count(DISTINCT catalog.id) FROM catalog WHERE flag=false; Regards, -- NAGAYASU Satoshi <satoshi.nagayasu@xxxxxxxxx> ------元のメッセージ------ 送信者 : Michal Politowski 送信者: pgsql-general-owner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx To: pgsql-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx 件名: Why would a scan take so long? 送信: 2010/10/2 12:13 AM EXPLAIN SELECT count(DISTINCT catalog.id) FROM catalog WHERE flag=false; QUERY PLAN ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Aggregate (cost=1615927.27..1615927.28 rows=1 width=8) -> Seq Scan on catalog (cost=0.00..1603214.56 rows=5085084 width=8) Filter: (NOT flag) SELECT pg_size_pretty(pg_relation_size('catalog')); pg_size_pretty ---------------- 9380 MB Nothing else is going on the system, during the query disk reads rise from around 0 to > 100MB/s, so I would assume it should take a couple minutes and it takes ten times longer: Time: 1495549.716 ms What am I missing? -- Michal Politowski -- Sent via pgsql-general mailing list (pgsql-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-general -- Sent via pgsql-general mailing list (pgsql-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-general