Re: [GENERAL] Query is not using index when it should

On Sat, Dec 11, 2004 at 03:17:13PM +0100, Tomas Skäre wrote:
> select c.* from cjm_object c
> inner join
> (select max(timestamp) as timestamp,objectid,field from cjm_object
> group by objectid,field) t
> using(timestamp,objectid,field)
> where 1=1 and data is not null
> order by objectid,field;

Usually, SELECT max(field) FROM table is better written in PostgreSQL as
SELECT field FROM table ORDER field DESC LIMIT 1.

I don't see the point of "where 1=1", though...

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