My version is 8.1.4. Here is the plan for the query, it's performed on a smaller table, though because i can't access the biggest table at the moment: QUERY PLAN -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Bitmap Heap Scan on mytable (cost=67.48..16738.24 rows=6519 width=10) (actual time=34.033..1903.106 rows=1 loops=1) Recheck Cond: ((pid)::text = 'ZZZ000110011'::text) Filter: ((crit)::text = '915677'::text) -> Bitmap Index Scan on idx_pid_22 (cost=0.00..67.48 rows=8996 width=0) (actual time=12.998..12.998 rows=6207 loops=1) Index Cond: ((pid)::text = 'ZZZ000110011'::text) Total runtime: 1903.894 ms And yes i have indexes on both pid (varchar(15)) and crit(varchar(13)). >>> "A. Kretschmer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 31.07.06 15.49 Uhr >>> am 31.07.2006, um 15:32:19 +0200 mailte Christian Rengstl folgendes: > Hi list, > > i have a problem with creating a query and i hope somebody can give me > some hints. I have the following table > pid(varchar), crit(varchar), val1(varchar), val2(varchar), > iDate(timestamp) > where there are up to 63 million lines with 1500 distinct pids and > around 42000 distinct crits: > pid crit val1 val2 iDate > 'yyy' 'aaa' 'b' 'c' someTime > 'yyy' 'bbb' 'b' 'a' anotherTime > ... > What i have to do is to export the table for which i have to query the > table with the following pattern: select val1, val2 from mytable where > pid='yyy' and crit='aaa'. But if i do this 63 million times, it just > takes too long. So, what i would like to do is to make a query where i Do you have indexe on pid and crit? Can you paste a "explain analyse select val1, val2 from mytable where pid='yyy' and crit='aaa';" Which version? ("select version();"). HTH, Andreas -- Andreas Kretschmer (Kontakt: siehe Header) Heynitz: 035242/47215, D1: 0160/7141639 GnuPG-ID 0x3FFF606C http://wwwkeys.de.pgp.net === Schollglas Unternehmensgruppe === ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 6: explain analyze is your friend ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 2: Don't 'kill -9' the postmaster