On Mon, 2008-10-27 at 16:39 +0000, Mark Cave-Ayland wrote: > I'm experiencing a strange issue with PostgreSQL 8.3.3 whereby adding > "LIMIT 1" to the query increases the query time from several 10s of ms > to over 5s, and was wondering if anyone with more planner-fu can shed > some light on this. Sounds like one for the performance list. LIMIT prevents the planner from transforming subselects. Maybe you want EXISTS. -- Simon Riggs www.2ndQuadrant.com PostgreSQL Training, Services and Support -- Sent via pgsql-general mailing list (pgsql-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-general