How to query and index for customer with lastname and city - Mailing list pgsql-performance

Hi,

I have two tables:

Customer: objectid, lastname, fk_address
Address: objectid, city

I want to select all customers with a name >= some_name and living in a city >= some_city, all comparisons case insensitive

Below is what I actually have. Given the fact that it takes forever to get a result (> 6 seconds) , there must be something wrong with my solution or my expectation. Can anyone tell what I should do to make this query go faster ( or convince me to wait for the result ;-()?


SELECT customers.objectid FROM prototype.customers,prototype.addresses
WHERE
customers.contactAddress = addresses.objectId
AND
(
TRIM(UPPER(lastName)) >= TRIM(UPPER('some_name'))
AND
TRIM(UPPER(city)) >= TRIM(UPPER('some_city'))
) 
order by TRIM(UPPER(lastname)), TRIM(UPPER(city))

Explain analyze after a full alayse vacuum:

Sort  (cost=54710.68..54954.39 rows=97484 width=111) (actual time=7398.971..7680.405 rows=96041 loops=1)
  Sort Key: btrim(upper(customers.lastname)), btrim(upper(addresses.city))
  ->  Hash Join  (cost=14341.12..46632.73 rows=97484 width=111) (actual time=1068.862..5472.788 rows=96041 loops=1)
        Hash Cond: ("outer".contactaddress = "inner".objectid)
        ->  Seq Scan on customers  (cost=0.00..24094.01 rows=227197 width=116) (actual time=0.018..1902.646 rows=223990 loops=1)
              Filter: (btrim(upper(lastname)) >= 'JANSEN'::text)
        ->  Hash  (cost=13944.94..13944.94 rows=158473 width=75) (actual time=1068.467..1068.467 rows=158003 loops=1)
              ->  Bitmap Heap Scan on addresses  (cost=1189.66..13944.94 rows=158473 width=75) (actual time=71.259..530.986 rows=158003 loops=1)
                    Recheck Cond: (btrim(upper(city)) >= 'NIJMEGEN'::text)
                    ->  Bitmap Index Scan on prototype_addresses_trim_upper_city  (cost=0.00..1189.66 rows=158473 width=0) (actual time=68.290..68.290 rows=158003 loops=1)
                          Index Cond: (btrim(upper(city)) >= 'NIJMEGEN'::text)
Total runtime: 7941.095 ms


I have indices on :
fki_customers_addresses
customer.lastname (both lastname and trim(uppercase(lastname))
addresses.city (both city and trim(uppercase(city))

I

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