"Clinton James" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > # explain select * from ld where cust_num = '10102899'; > NOTICE: QUERY PLAN: > Seq Scan on ld (cost=0.00..20810.83 rows=8989 width=128) The reason it's not using an indexscan is that it thinks it's going to find 8989 matches (and if that were true, a seqscan probably *is* the right plan). You must have some extremely-often-repeated entries in that column; what are they, and can you get rid of them? 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])