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> From: pgsql-performance-owner(at)postgresql(dot)org
> [mailto:pgsql-performance-owner(at)postgresql(dot)org] On Behalf Of
> Rolf Østvik (HA/EXA)
Have you tried "set enable_sort=off" with 8.1.2? I'm not sure if that will
change anything because it has to do at least one sort. Its just a lots
faster to do a hashagg + small sort than one big sort in this case. (I
wonder if there should be enable_groupagg?)