Hi Aaron, >>now I have only one slow query left - unfortunately I have no idea why >>it is that slow. The mailbox contains ~1800 mails. It takes 45 seconds >>to open it: >> >>SELECT seen_flag, answered_flag, deleted_flag, flagged_flag, draft_flag, >>recent_flag, TO_CHAR(internal_date, 'YYYY-MM-DD HH24:MI:SS' ), rfcsize, >>message_idnr FROM dbmail_messages msg, dbmail_physmessage pm WHERE pm.id >>= msg.physmessage_id AND message_idnr BETWEEN '1' AND '417966' AND >>mailbox_idnr = '81' AND status < '2' ORDER BY message_idnr ASC > > Wild. Swapping in the MySQL function for TO_CHAR, then running on my > mailbox takes 0.32 seconds for 4518 rows (I didn't change your numbers > except the mailbox idnr).
That is fast (MyISAM or InnoDB?), but I would expect something below 1s too. If no one has an idea what could be wrong I'll ask on the PostgreSQL sql list tomorrow. Thomas -- http://www.tmueller.com for pgp key (95702B3B)