"Blanco, Jose" <blancoj(at)umich(dot)edu> writes:
> Well, this was running very slowly, so I droped the index and recreated
> it, and then it ran quickly.
Sounds like you had a bloated index.
> I'm running versin 7.3
Consider switching to something more modern --- 7.3 is vastly slower
than current releases.
regards, tom lane