Jerome Macaranas <jerome@xxxxxxxxx> writes: > LOG: query: SELECT * FROM phpbb_smilies > LOG: duration: 0.005410 sec > LOG: duration: 390.731807 sec > -- this table has only 295 rows I think this is an artifact of your lack-of-vacuuming problems; the table has become hugely bloated and it takes a long time to scan through it to find the few live rows. You'll need to do a VACUUM FULL (or possibly CLUSTER) to shrink the table back to a reasonable size. regards, tom lane ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 9: the planner will ignore your desire to choose an index scan if your joining column's datatypes do not match