> >These are all minor abberations though, on the whole the estimates are > >pretty good. Perhaps you need to tweak the values of random_page_cost > >and similar variables. > > Thank You, It's general problem or only mine? I have "100%" > standard current PC.
The default random_page_cost assumes some concurrent activity. If your PC does nothing else concurrently, the performance of a seq scan will be underestimated. Try to do the statement with some concurrent disk load and you will most likely see that the 1. plan is faster. (assuming the tables are not fully cached) Andreas ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 4: Have you searched our list archives? http://archives.postgresql.org