On Wednesday 01 October 2008 03:34, Gauri Kanekar wrote: > -> Nested Loop (cost=186.26..647160.32 rows=42543 width=16) (actual > time=655.832..6622.011 rows=5120582 loops=1)
That nested loop estimate is off by 100x, which is why the DB is using a slow nested loop for a large amount of data. I'd try increasing your statistics collection, analyze, and re-run the query. -- --Josh Josh Berkus PostgreSQL San Francisco -- Sent via pgsql-performance mailing list (pgsql-performance@postgresql.org) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-performance