# Private Message Page Performance

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/private-message-page-performance/39865>\
**Category:** Development\
**Tags:** slow-sql\
**Created:** [February 19, 2016, 8:04pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/private-message-page-performance/39865 "2016-02-19T20:04:41Z")\
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**Post date:** [February 23, 2016, 12:12am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/private-message-page-performance/39865/3 "2016-02-23T00:12:20Z")

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It’s a completely different query though, agree it needs to be optimised but not sure that index will sort it.

In particular, “suggested” searches for stuff you have access to by joining multiple tables.

Also searches for previous messages with overlap of participants

It is complicated work

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