Re: [SQL] Trouble with massive select statement.

From: Darren Greer <dgreer(at)websightsolutions(dot)com>
To: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
Cc: pgsql-sql(at)postgreSQL(dot)org
Subject: Re: [SQL] Trouble with massive select statement.
Date: 1999-06-22 12:08:40
Message-ID: 99062207125208.13060@george
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> > select distinct username, station
> > from testmaster t1
> > where 1 < (
> > select count(t2.username)
> > from testmaster t2
> > where t2.test_date > '05-14-1999'
> > and t2.station = 'WZZZ'
> > and t1.username = t2.username
> > )
> > ;
>
> The above doesn't seem to me to do what you claim you want to do ---
> it seems to be looking for users who have taken the test *more than
> once* in the given interval.
That is correct......my mistake :)

> Assuming that the code is right and the comment wrong ;-), I agree
Good assumption :)

> SELECT username, station FROM testmaster
> WHERE test_date > '05-14-1999' and station = 'WZZZ'
> GROUP BY username, station
> HAVING count(*) > 1;
This works wonderfully, thanks. Now comes the other twist. I already have a
select statement (select first_name, email from listeners l, listeners_data ld
where l.username = ld.username a nd $filter;). The $filter is a bunch of and
statements that limit the data coming from the table listeners. I need to get
the select statement you told me to work as a filter on the data that this
select statement grabs. I cant see an easy way to do this without making this
thing incredibly slow having to chech every user. Any thoughts?

Darren

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