Hi, I have a small web page set up to search within my domain based on keywords. One of the queries is: SELECT page.id ts_rank_cd('{1.0, 1.0, 1.0, 1.0}',contFTI,q) FROM page, to_tsquery('steve') as q WHERE contFTI @@ q My problem is: when someone puts in a commonly seen word, the system slows down and takes a while because of the large amount of data being returned (retrieved from the table) & processed by the rand_cd function. How does everyone else handle something like this? I can only think of 2 possible solutions: - change the query to search for the same terms at least twice in the same document (can I do that?) - limit any searches to x results before ranking & tell the user their search criteria is too generic. Is there a better solution that I am missing? Thanks, Steve -- View this message in context: http://postgresql.1045698.n5.nabble.com/Full-Text-Search-Slow-on-common-words-tp3241060p3241060.html Sent from the PostgreSQL - general mailing list archive at Nabble.com. -- Sent via pgsql-general mailing list (pgsql-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-general