Re: index performance question

From: Bruno Wolff III <bruno(at)wolff(dot)to>
To: Laurette Cisneros <laurette(at)nextbus(dot)com>
Cc: pgsql-admin(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: index performance question
Date: 2002-09-18 20:21:44
Message-ID: 20020918202144.GA4371@wolff.to
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On Wed, Sep 18, 2002 at 13:09:07 -0700,
Laurette Cisneros <laurette(at)nextbus(dot)com> wrote:
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> Aren't aggregates smart enough to use an index on the column? This takes 8
> minutes to run! I can't see that I should have to build a functional index
> (is it possible for an aggregate?) to get this to run faster?

I don't believe a functional index would work for an aggregate.

The way to do this is to use an order by clause and a limit 1 clause.

This has been discussed a lot on the lists and you should be able to find
more details in the archives.

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