> Have you run analyze on the table?
>
Yes
> How selective is the condition node = '1010101010' and the date range. In
> particular, do you have an idea what percentange of the table fits into
> that date range?
>
There are around 1000 nodes and there is data for two years, so it must
be around 1/4000 of all rows
> What about the "type" column? You have it in the index, but not in your
> query. Have you tried adding type to the query? Will that make it more
> selective?
>
>
Why haven't I tried that ... That did the trick, thanks!
Poul