From: | Philip Warner <pjw(at)rhyme(dot)com(dot)au> |
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To: | Lengyel Ferenc <lengyel(at)hell(dot)ditec(dot)sk>, "'pgsql-sql(at)postgresql(dot)org'" <pgsql-sql(at)postgresql(dot)org> |
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Date: | 2000-10-30 14:31:20 |
Message-ID: | 3.0.5.32.20001031013120.028dd500@mail.rhyme.com.au |
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At 13:36 30/10/00 +0100, Lengyel Ferenc wrote:
>Hello everybody!
>I need some help with a simple query.
>I've got a problem with getting a maximum value from a very large table
>(10000000+ rows):
Unfortunately PGSQL does not use indexes for min & max. One approach that
should work is:
select col1 from TABLE_A WHERE COL2 = 1 order by col2, col1 desc limit 1;
and you will need an index on (col2, col1).
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