On þri, 2007-03-27 at 12:54 +0200, Denis Gasparin wrote: > I have a query that performs a multiple join between four tables and > that doesn't use the defined indexes. > If I set enable_seqscan to off, the query obviously uses the indexes and > it is considerable faster than normal planned execution with > enable_seqscan=true. a few things you might try: fiddle with random_page_cost make sure effective_cache_size is set to a realistic value increase statistics target on critical columns, like ORDER.ORDER_DATE and join columns (and re-analyze) possibly get change the cast in your where clause: ORDER.ORDER_DATE::date between '2007-03-01' and '2007-03-27' to ORDER.ORDER_DATE between '2007-03-01'::timestamp and '2007-03-27'::timestamp gnari