From: | Popeanga Marian <pmarian(at)cnlo(dot)ro> |
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To: | Rajesh Kumar Mallah <mallah(at)trade-india(dot)com> |
Cc: | pgsql-sql(at)postgresql(dot)org |
Subject: | Re: SQL help for efficient time handling.. |
Date: | 2003-03-22 08:45:44 |
Message-ID: | 3E7C22B8.70601@cnlo.ro |
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Hello Mallah,
Have you tryed this :
SELECT time_id from time_dimension where sql_time=cast(now() as time without time zone);
Your tabel is indexed for a time h:m:s and you should to have a where
clause with a time value like this index is defined. Other way you will
have a filter scan.
Rajesh Kumar Mallah wrote:
>Hi everyone,
>
>I have a table time_dimension loaded with 1440 records
>i record for each min in 24 hrs
>
>
>CREATE TABLE general.time_dimension
>(
> time_id integer not null ,
> sql_time time(0) without time zone not null,
> PRIMARY KEY (time_id),
> UNIQUE (sql_time)
>);
>
>sample data is like,
>
>tradein_clients=# SELECT * from time_dimension limit 10;
>+---------+----------+
>| time_id | sql_time |
>+---------+----------+
>| 1 | 00:00:00 |
>| 2 | 00:01:00 |
>| 3 | 00:02:00 |
>| 4 | 00:03:00 |
>| 5 | 00:04:00 |
>| 6 | 00:05:00 |
>| 7 | 00:06:00 |
>| 8 | 00:07:00 |
>| 9 | 00:08:00 |
>| 10 | 00:09:00 |
>+---------+----------+
>(10 rows)
>
>To get current_time_id i use a query like
>SELECT time_id from time_dimension where sql_time=date_trunc('minute' , cast(now() as time without time zone) );
>
>it works but uses seq_scan
>Seq Scan on time_dimension (cost=0.00..35.00 rows=5 width=4) (actual time=4.75..8.16 rows=1 loops=1)
> Filter: ((sql_time)::interval = date_trunc('minute'::text, ((now())::time without time zone)::interval))
> Total runtime: 8.20 msec
>
>whereas a query like
>
>explain analyze SELECT time_id from time_dimension where sql_time='13:13:13';
>+------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
>| QUERY PLAN |
>+------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
>| Index Scan using time_dimension_sql_time_key on time_dimension (cost=0.00..4.82 rows=1 width=4) (actual time=0.03..0.03 rows=0 loops=1) |
>| Index Cond: (sql_time = '13:13:13'::time without time zone) |
>| Total runtime: 0.06 msec
>--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
>take much less.
>
>can anyone tell be the best way to get time_id from time_dimension for current_time.
>
>any help is appreciated.
>
>Regds
>Mallah.
>
>
>
>
--
Popeanga Marian
DBA Oracle
CNLO Romania
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