Dear friends, I am reviewing some of PhpBB 3.x queries. This allows me to learn more about PostgreSQL. The thread can be read here: http://area51.phpbb.com/phpBB/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=29260 Do not hesitate to post your review there. In pg_tables, I saw that there was an extensive use of sequential scans in phpbb_banlist, a small table of 60 rows. explain analyse SELECT ban_ip, ban_userid, ban_email, ban_exclude, ban_give_reason, ban_end FROM phpbb_banlist WHERE ban_email = '' AND (ban_userid = 100394 OR ban_ip <> '') Seq Scan on phpbb_banlist (cost=0.00..1.51 rows=13 width=33) (actual time=0.013..0.026 rows=19 loops=1) Filter: (((ban_email)::text = ''::text) AND ((ban_userid = 100394) OR ((ban_ip)::text <> ''::text))) Total runtime: 0.063 ms I set indexes on ban_email, ban_userid and ban_ip. But the query plan is still the same. Any idea? Kind regards, Jean-Michel ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 6: explain analyze is your friend