BEGIN; BEGIN EXPLAIN select c_count, count(*) as custdist from ( select c_custkey, count(o_orderkey) from customer left outer join orders on c_custkey = o_custkey and o_comment not like '%pending%accounts%' group by c_custkey ) as c_orders (c_custkey, c_count) group by c_count order by custdist desc, c_count desc; QUERY PLAN ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Sort (cost=915585.69..915586.19 rows=200 width=8) Sort Key: (count(*)), (count(orders.o_orderkey)) -> HashAggregate (cost=915576.05..915578.05 rows=200 width=8) -> HashAggregate (cost=878076.05..893076.05 rows=1500000 width=8) -> Hash Right Join (cost=69028.00..804420.24 rows=14731162 width=8) Hash Cond: (orders.o_custkey = customer.c_custkey) -> Seq Scan on orders (cost=0.00..440769.00 rows=14731162 width=8) Filter: ((o_comment)::text !~~ '%pending%accounts%'::text) -> Hash (cost=50278.00..50278.00 rows=1500000 width=4) -> Seq Scan on customer (cost=0.00..50278.00 rows=1500000 width=4) (10 rows) COMMIT; COMMIT