Hello list, I have a large time-indexed table (states) partitioned into several tables based on the date. The smaller tables are clustered by their time indices.The main table is empty. I need to select some data in the time order. When I query a separate smaller table, the index is used an no sorting is needed. However, when I query the main table, it occurs: ... -> Sort ... Sort Key: ... Sort Method: ... -> Result ... -> Append ... -> Seq Scan on states Filter: ... -> Seq Scan on states_20101206 Filter: ... ... I see the database doesn't understand that there are no entries in the main table, so it has to assume the Append data is not ordered. Is there a way to avoid sorting? Please CC me as I'm not on the list. Thanks in advance, -- DoubleF -- Sent via pgsql-general mailing list (pgsql-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-general