> When I run the following query in Postgres 8.0, it runs in 61,509.372 ms > > When I run it in Postgres 8.4, it runs in 397,857.472 ms As Andrew already pointed out, we need to se EXPLAIN ANALYZE output from both machines to see why this happens. Are you running both queries on the same data, or is there much more data in 8.4? Have you analyzed the tables recently (or is autovacuum running)? BTW I see two possible issues with this query: 1) There's not a suitable index on course_begin_date, i.e. there's no index at all or the index is not on the expression used in the query. 2) There's not a suitable index on course_delivery (it needs to use the proper operator class). regards Tomas -- Sent via pgsql-general mailing list (pgsql-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-general