sub-select with aggregate

From: Tomasz Myrta <jasiek(at)klaster(dot)net>
To: pgsql-sql(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: sub-select with aggregate
Date: 2002-10-23 10:07:09
Message-ID: 3DB674CD.50404@klaster.net
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Hi
I want to perform query looking like this:

select
user_id,
a/sum_a as percent_a,
b/sum_b as percent_b
from
users join
(select
group_id,
sum(a) as sum_a,
sum(b) as sum_b
from users group by group_id) X using (group_id)
where group_id=3;

This query works, but very slow. Subquery with aggregate is performed
for all table rows instead of group_id=3.

I wish I could write it like this, but it doesn't work at all:
select
user_id,
a/sum_a as percent_a,
b/sum_b as percent_b
from
users U,
(select
sum(a) as sum_a,
sum(b) as sum_b
from users where group_id=U.group_id) X
where group_id=3;

I don't want to make it as single query with "group by", because it has
a lot of fields and "group by" would be very long.

Regards,
Tomasz Myrta

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