> tl;dr - How can I speed up my count-distinct query? You can't.
Doing a count(distinct x) is much different than a count(1), which can simply scan available indexes. To build a distinct, it has to construct an in-memory hash of every valid email, and count the distinct values therein. This will pretty much never be fast, especially with 2M rows involved. I could be wrong about this, and the back-end folks might have a different answer, but I wouldn't hold my breath. -- Shaun Thomas OptionsHouse | 141 W. Jackson Blvd | Suite 400 | Chicago IL, 60604 312-676-8870 stho...@optionshouse.com ______________________________________________ See http://www.peak6.com/email_disclaimer/ for terms and conditions related to this email -- Sent via pgsql-performance mailing list (pgsql-performance@postgresql.org) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-performance
