Hi Richard, Like said, we've already tried: CREATE TEMP TABLE x AS (...query without outer sort...); CREATE xind ON x (price); SELECT * FROM x ORDER BY 2 but it also takes 30 seconds; for some really esoteric reason, CREATE TABLE x AS ... takes all of those 30s, even though the execution plan looks identical to the simple select (the same 72 steps). This is what I would dare call "spooky", any explanation would be appreciated here too.
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