Re: max() versus order/limit (WAS: High update

From: Alvaro Herrera <alvherre(at)commandprompt(dot)com>
To: Luke Lonergan <LLonergan(at)greenplum(dot)com>
Cc: Adam Rich <adam(dot)r(at)sbcglobal(dot)net>, "Joshua D(dot) Drake" <jd(at)commandprompt(dot)com>, Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>, "Craig A(dot) James" <cjames(at)modgraph-usa(dot)com>, PostgreSQL Performance <pgsql-performance(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: max() versus order/limit (WAS: High update
Date: 2007-01-15 10:38:09
Message-ID: 20070115103809.GI7233@alvh.no-ip.org
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Luke Lonergan wrote:
> Adam,
>
> This optimization would require teaching the planner to use an index for
> MAX/MIN when available. It seems like an OK thing to do to me.

This optimization already exists, albeit for queries that use a single
table.

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Alvaro Herrera http://www.CommandPrompt.com/
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