Hi all, I got another problem with postgres. This time it refuses to use the indexes. Check this out: siam_production=> \d render Table "public.render" Column | Type | Modifiers ----------------------+-----------------------------+-------------------------------------------------------- id | integer | not null default nextval('public.render_id_seq'::text) shot_id | integer | not null process | character(3) | not null person_id | integer | not null session_xml | text | not null guts_snapshot_id | integer | layer | text | render_path | text | not null frames | text | not null shot_index | integer | not null timestamp | timestamp without time zone | not null default now() layer_render_version | integer | num_frames | integer | mean_render_time | integer | stdev_render_time | integer | min_render_time | integer | max_render_time | integer | failed_frames | text | swapped_frames | text | killed_frames | text | status | character varying(10) | render_settings | text | explicit_guts_log | text | completed_frames | integer | priority | character varying(3) | render_host | character varying(10) | Indexes: render_pkey primary key btree (id), render_person_id_idx btree (person_id), render_shot_id_idx btree (shot_id) Foreign Key constraints: $3 FOREIGN KEY (guts_snapshot_id) REFERENCES shot_snapshot(id) ON UPDATE CASCADE ON DELETE RESTRICT DEFERRABLE INITIALLY DEFERRED, $2 FOREIGN KEY (process) REFERENCES process_enum(code) ON UPDATE CASCADE ON DELETE RESTRICT DEFERRABLE INITIALLY DEFERRED, $1 FOREIGN KEY (shot_id) REFERENCES shot(id) ON UPDATE CASCADE ON DELETE RESTRICT DEFERRABLE INITIALLY DEFERRED siam_production=> explain SELECT render.* FROM render WHERE person_id = 432; QUERY PLAN ----------------------------------------------------------------- Seq Scan on render (cost=0.00..39014.72 rows=27833 width=1493) Filter: (person_id = 432) (2 rows) siam_production=> As you can see, there is an index on render.person_id, but postgres is using sequential scan. I have tried *repeatedly* to reindex, analyze, drop & create index, vacuum, etc. to no avail. What is wrong? I need this fixed ASAP. It's killing the performance. btw, the same thing would happen to render_shot_id_idx, but after repeatedly doing reindex, alanyze, vacuum, drop & create index, etc. it suddenly started to work. Eugene __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 5: don't forget to increase your free space map settings