<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > first of all thank You for Your response. But here is the > reality. Table formula have about 450000 rows at this time. > The id_formula column is int4 defined as not null primary key. It is eh? Have you done a VACUUM ANALYZE on this table lately? 4500 rows (1%) would be the default match estimate in the absence of any statistics. > And the index have clause unique, but backend still don't use it. 7.2 will know enough to realize that presence of a unique index means the column is unique, but existing releases only look at the VACUUM ANALYZE statistics. No statistics = bad plan. regards, tom lane ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 3: if posting/reading through Usenet, please send an appropriate subscribe-nomail command to [EMAIL PROTECTED] so that your message can get through to the mailing list cleanly