> Here's the output of explain analyze. The query typically takes 0-4 seconds > depending on the time frame. It's run very frequently especially to process > the nightly reports.
The plan picked seems reasonable (estimated costs / tuples is close to actual). I think the biggest hit is this index scan. Thats a substantial cost to pull out less than a thousand lines: -> Index Scan using monitorstatusxmonitori on monitorstatusx ms (cost=0.00..4695.65 rows=880 width=83) (actual time=40.17..1868.12 rows=625 loops=1) Index Cond: ("outer".jdoidx = ms.monitorx) Filter: ((datex >= '2003-06-20 08:57:21.36'::timestamp without time zone) AND (datex <= '2003-06-29 08:57:21.36'::timestamp without time zone)) Are jdoidx and monitorx integers? You might try a multi-column index on (ms.monitorx, ms.datex). Are monitorx assigned roughly ordered by date? It must be, otherwise the sort step would not be so cheap (hardly any impact on the query -- see actual cost number). The multi-column index above should give you a bit of a boost. Depending on the data in the table, the index (ms.datex, monitorx) may give better results along with a single index on (ms.monitorx) as you currently have. It's not very likely though. -- Rod Taylor <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> PGP Key: http://www.rbt.ca/rbtpub.asc
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