Re: Slow query with backwards index scan

Tilmann Singer wrote:
> * andrew(at)pillette(dot)com <andrew(at)pillette(dot)com> [20070728 21:05]:
>> Let's try putting the sort/limit in each piece of the UNION to speed them up separately.
>>
>> SELECT * FROM (
>> (SELECT * FROM large_table lt
>> WHERE lt.user_id = 12345
>> ORDER BY created_at DESC LIMIT 10) AS q1
>> UNION
>> (SELECT * FROM large_table lt
>> WHERE user_id IN (SELECT contact_id FROM relationships WHERE user_id=12345)
>> ORDER BY created_at DESC LIMIT 10) AS q2
>> ORDER BY created_at DESC LIMIT 10;
>
> It's not possible to use ORDER BY or LIMIT within unioned queries.
>
> http://www.postgresql.org/docs/8.2/static/sql-select.html#SQL-UNION

"ORDER BY and LIMIT can be attached to a subexpression if it is enclosed in parentheses"