"Craig A. James" <cjames(at)modgraph-usa(dot)com> writes:
> It looks to me like the problem is the use of nested loops when a hash join should be used, but I'm no expert at query planning.
Given the sizes of the tables involved, you'd likely have to boost up
work_mem before the planner would consider a hash join. What nondefault
configuration settings do you have, anyway?
regards, tom lane