Did you vacuum analyse your table after creating the index? A solution for your problem would be to turn sequential scans ofd before querying the table. This should work somehow like that: myjava=# SET enable_seqscan TO 'off'; SET VARIABLE myjava=# show enable_seqscan; NOTICE: enable_seqscan is off SHOW VARIABLE check out the docs for further information. Hans ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 1: subscribe and unsubscribe commands go to [EMAIL PROTECTED]