"Rod Taylor" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Adding a LIMIT 1 in the subplan may also help -- as you only need a > single match to make it true so additional finds are useless -- it'll > stop sooner or will be more likely to use an index than a full table > scan. I believe this is not necessary; the WHERE EXISTS(...) context is sufficient to cue the planner that only one tuple will be retrieved, and it will alter the subselect's plan accordingly. regards, tom lane ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 2: you can get off all lists at once with the unregister command (send "unregister YourEmailAddressHere" to [EMAIL PROTECTED])