> > Sincerely, > > > > Joshua D. Drake > > Doing a quick check reveals that the relation in question currently > consumes 186GB of space (which I highly suspect is largely bloat). Good lord.. .186 gig for a 300 million row table? Unless those are seriously large rows, you have a TON of bloat. Joshua D. Drake -- === The PostgreSQL Company: Command Prompt, Inc. === Sales/Support: +1.503.667.4564 || 24x7/Emergency: +1.800.492.2240 Providing the most comprehensive PostgreSQL solutions since 1997 http://www.commandprompt.com/